Over 90 per cent of million students that participated in the national literacy and numeracy tests this year achieved the national standard according to preliminary results published by the Federal Government.

 

Minister for School Education, Peter Garrett, said the preliminary Summary Report for the 2011 NAPLAN tests revealed the state-by-state results in years 3, 5, 7 and 9 in reading, writing, language conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and numeracy.

 

New South Wales, Victoria and the ACT produced the highest results across all year levels and areas tested for the third consecutive year, with the ACT having the highest mean scale score for reading, grammar and punctuation, and numeracy at all year levels. Other states showed significant improvement, including Queensland and Western Australia.

 

The Summary Report shows that compared with last year’s NAPLAN results, average scores for Year 3 spelling showed a statistically significant improvement in QLD, NSW and WA. QLD and WA also recorded statistically significant improvements in average scores for Year 9 reading.

 

The full national report will be released at the end of the year. Individual school information will also be available on the My School website in early 2012.

 

The Summary Report and more information about the tests are available on the NAPLAN website: www.naplan.edu.au