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Publication Date: 1976
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Literacy and Numeracy in Australian Schools, Item Report; Australian Studies in School Performance, Volume II.
Bourke, S.F.; Lewis, R.
This study, carried out in 1975-1976 and reported in this document, focused on the following aims: to identify specific tasks and competencies associated with basic literacy and numeration skills which children in Australia need to master; to prepare appropriate performance (criterion-referenced) tests to measure levels of competence in the basic skills of reading, writing, and arithmetic; to estimate the number of children failing to attain basic literacy and numeration skills; and to specify relationships between various other factors (e.g., age, grade, ethnic origin, and sex) and the attainment of specific levels of competence in reading, writing, and numeration. This volume accompanies volume one of the report and presents the results on each item used in the reading, writing, and numeration tests at the 10- and 14-year-old levels. Results for each test item are given as percentages of students correct, incorrect, and not attempting. (JM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arithmetic, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Literacy, National Surveys, Reading Skills, Skills, Testing, Writing Skills
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Authoring Institution: Australian Council for Educational Research, Hawthorn.
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