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Box 6.2: Measur ing Digital Literacy in AustraliaICT is incorporated into the Australian educationalcurriculum, and digital literacy amongstudents is measured using a six-stage methodologyin which students performing at level1 are able to complete basic tasks usingcomputers and software, while students performingat level 6 are able to use advancedsoftware features to organize informationand to synthesize and represent data as integrated,complete information products. aIn 2008, the Australian government measuredthe effects of the Digital Literacy Programusing a standardized test for year 6 andyear 10 students across Australia. As shownin figure B6.2.1, over 40 percent of year 6students were proficient at level 3, which includesthe ability to conduct simple generalsearches and select the best informationsource to meet a specific purpose. Nearlyhalf of year 10 students were functioning atlevel 4, which required them to generatemore complex, well-targeted searches forelectronic information sources and assembleinformation to create new content inways that demonstrate some considerationof audience and communicative purpose.Figure B6.2.1 Digital Literacy in Australia, by Proficiency Level, 2008percentage of students5040302010013130year 6proficientstandard7year 10proficientstandardlevel 1 level 2 level 3 level 44126year 6 year 101547191level 5and aboveSource: Australia, MCEECDYA 2008b.Source: Australia, MCEECDYA 2008b; Australian Curriculum, Assessment, and Reporting Authority, “GeneralCapabilities: Literacy, Numeracy, and ICT Competence,” http://www.acara.edu.au/curriculum/literacy,_numeracy_and_ict_continua.html.a. See “Literacy, Numeracy, and ICT Continua.” Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority,http://www.acara.edu.au/curriculum/literacy,_numeracy_and_ict_continua.html.256 Broadband Strategies Handbook