ETBI Journal of Education - Vol 2:2 November 2020 (Irish-medium Education)

ETBI Journal of Education November 2020
Attainment in Mathematics by DEIS Band and Class
Level
105
100
97
100
99
98 98
95
90
93
94
90
85
3 rd Class Band 1 6 th Class Band 1 3 rd Class Band 2 6 th Class Band 1
Mathethamics DEIS 2016
Mathematics DEIS IMS 2017
The average scores which display a significant statistical difference are marked in bold.
Figure 2: Average score for students in Mathematics, by DEIS band and class level – National
DEIS Evaluation 2016 and DEIS IMS 2017
scores for DEIS schools. In Band 2, however, DEIS
IMS scores were lower than the national average
score at third class level and somewhat lower at
sixth class level. None of these differences were
statistically significant, apart from third class,
Band 1
The results show a significantly lower percentage
of students at or above the 90th percentile
and a higher percentage at or below the 10th
percentile in both bands and class levels in DEIS
IMS when compared to DEIS schools nationally.
This could be viewed as an expression of the
significant difficulties associated with attainment
in mathematics in DEIS IMS, and with language
when mathematics is learned through the
immersion language.
The average score was lower for certain schools,
which may have lowered the overall average
score. This illustrates the individual requirements
relating to attainment in particular schools.
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