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Research (8)

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Analytical Insights paper
Mar 2025

NAPLAN participation: Post-COVID-19 improvements and remaining challenges​

This paper is the third in a series of Analytical Insights papers, which provide accessible, up-to-date analysis of educational datasets.
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Project
Feb 2024

Actionable insights into Australian education

This project identifies trends, challenges and opportunities in education datasets and generates actionable insights that can support improved outcomes in schools and ECEC services.
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Project
Aug 2023

The Longitudinal Literacy and Numeracy in Australia (LLANIA) dataset

Improving the quality, accessibility and endurability of national school data architecture.
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Research summary
Oct 2022

Writing development: NAPLAN data analysis summary

This is a summary of findings from Âé¶¹Éç’s 2022 analysis of student writing data – the most extensive investigation into this area ever conducted in Australia. 
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Research summary
May 2022

Examining equity in NAPLAN achievement

This research summary explains the methodology for a data analysis of students' backgrounds and their influence on literacy and numeracy achievement.
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Other (4)

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Article
Aug 2023

Fewer than 1 in 5 students who are behind in Year 3 catch up and stay caught up

We found less than 1 in 5 students who perform below the national minimum standards in literacy and numeracy in the Year 3 NAPLAN tests catch up and stay caught up.
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Article
Mar 2023

NAPLAN results inform schools, parents and policy. But too many kids miss the tests altogether

We look at who is not sitting the tests and why that matters.
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Article
May 2022

Does background determine student achievement?

A new analysis of NAPLAN data reconfirms that while students’ backgrounds influence their literacy and numeracy achievement, their results are not wholly determined by socio-economic background.
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