The children did their naplan tests this year and are just starting to get their results. So far I have seen the year nine results for Evan. He did great, scoring in band 10 for everything. The state average is around band 7-8. His school's average is a little lower in bands 6-7.
The school caters to a multi cultural and low socio economic area, so will always struggle to get high scores. It always seems unfair to compare schools from very different areas.
This is an article that was published in the Tyalla school newsletter this week and was taken from the Sydney Morning Herald. It discusses the fact that background plays a much bigger role in relative success in test scores than the choice of school that your child goes to.
It is nice that common sense prevails and that you just can't beat the value of having a parent at home while the children are young. Trying to buy back that time later by shopping around for 'good' schools may not necessarily give you the value you hoped for in terms of test scores for your children.
See my related blog about the things that tests can't score
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