NAPLAN tests Years 3 5 and 7 on Reading Writing Spelling Grammar & Punctuation and Numeracy.
They provide comparison results for schools serving children from statistically similar backgrounds and for all schools and results for each year can also be compared with the previous years to see if there is an improvement.
In 2009 Patricks Rd State School got a lot of Average results compared with schools serving children from statistical similar backgrounds.
Has this changed? Has it improved?
Overall there is little change. Most of the Average results remained average with some improving slightly and some drifting slightly downwards. Two results stand out: Year 3 Grammar & Punctuation has declined from Above Average to Average. Year 7 Numeracy has improved from Below Average to Average.
Year 3 Reading stayed at Average slightly down
Year 3 Writing stayed at Average slightly down
Year 3 Spelling stayed at Average slightly up
Year 3 Grammar & Punctuation dropped from Above Average to Average
Year 3 Numeracy stayed at Average slightly down
Year 5 Reading stayed at Average slightly down
Year 5 Writing stayed at Average slightly down
Year 5 Spelling stayed at Average slightly up
Year 5 Grammar & Punctuation stayed at Average slightly up
Year 5 Numeracy stayed at Average slightly up
Year 7 Reading stayed at Average slightly down
Year 7 Writing stayed at Average slightly up
Year 7 Spelling stayed at Average slightly down
Year 7 Grammar & Punctuation stayed at Average slightly down
Year 7 Numeracy went from Below Average to Average. EXCELLENT RESULT