Department of Education

Commentary
• Tasmania’s 2011 results for all year levels in Reading
were comparable with its 2010 results, and over the
longer-term, 2008 results.
• Tasmania’s 2011 results for Reading were comparable
to Australia.
• The percentage of Tasmanian students at or above
the national minimum standard are within 1.6% of the
Australian figure—across all year levels.
• The extent of the gap between Tasmania and Australia
was equivalent to incorrect responses on less than one
question in the Reading test.
• Some schools in lower socioeconomic areas are
showing improvements, indicating that initiatives aimed
at raising the literacy levels of students in these schools
(see ‘Major Initiatives’) are making a positive difference.
Explanatory
notes to the
charts
• Literacy performance is represented by achievement
on the Reading tests, because Reading is generally
considered the most reliable measure of overall
literacy achievement.
• All figures are inclusive of government and nongovernment
schools.
• The percentages of students represented have been
rounded and may not sum to 100.
• Exempt students were counted as assessed, are
deemed not to have met the national minimum
standard and are included in the result for each test.
• These measures have been sourced from the national
website for NAPLAN – www.nap.edu.au
• The 2009 and 2010 measures are taken from the
Stage 2 release of those results.
• The 2011 measures are taken from the Stage 1
(preliminary) release of 2011 results and some minor
changes can occur between the Stage 1 and Stage 2
reporting due to be released in December 2011.
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