Writing Development: What Does a Decade of NAPLAN Data Reveal?

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Title: Writing Development: What Does a Decade of NAPLAN Data Reveal?
Language: English
Authors: Christine Jackson, Lucy Lu, Peter Knapp, Wai Yin Wan, Olivia Groves, Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) (Australia)
Source: Australian Education Research Organisation Limited. 2022.
Availability: Australian Education Research Organisation Limited. e-mail: info@edresearch.edu.au; Web site: https://www.edresearch.edu.au/
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 233
Publication Date: 2022
Document Type: Reports - Research
Numerical/Quantitative Data
Education Level: Elementary Education
Secondary Education
Early Childhood Education
Grade 3
Primary Education
Grade 5
Intermediate Grades
Middle Schools
Grade 7
Junior High Schools
Grade 9
High Schools
Descriptors: Literacy, National Competency Tests, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Writing (Composition), Writing Skills, Writing Achievement, Grade 3, Grade 5, Grade 7, Grade 9, Alignment (Education), National Curriculum, National Standards, Academic Standards, Spelling, Punctuation, Sentence Structure, Paragraph Composition, Connected Discourse, Vocabulary, Persuasive Discourse, Text Structure, Audience Awareness, Achievement Gains
Geographic Terms: Australia
Assessment and Survey Identifiers: National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy
Abstract: This report discusses AERO's 2022 analysis of student writing data -- the most extensive investigation into this area ever conducted in Australia. AERO's researchers analysed more than 10 million NAPLAN writing results, spanning 2011 to 2021, and 366 samples of students' NAPLAN writing. Overall, our research suggests that students' writing skills have declined over 7 years (2011 to 2018), with many high school students significantly behind the expectations outlined in curriculum documents. The key findings, implications and a series of recommendations are presented in both the full report and report summary document. [AERO acknowledges that this publication was made possible by the joint funding it receives from Commonwealth, state and territory governments.]
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2025
Accession Number: ED673991
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This report discusses AERO's 2022 analysis of student writing data -- the most extensive investigation into this area ever conducted in Australia. AERO's researchers analysed more than 10 million NAPLAN writing results, spanning 2011 to 2021, and 366 samples of students' NAPLAN writing. Overall, our research suggests that students' writing skills have declined over 7 years (2011 to 2018), with many high school students significantly behind the expectations outlined in curriculum documents. The key findings, implications and a series of recommendations are presented in both the full report and report summary document. [AERO acknowledges that this publication was made possible by the joint funding it receives from Commonwealth, state and territory governments.]