Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Quality Statement |
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METEOR identifier: | 593473 |
Registration status: | Indigenous, Superseded 07/02/2017 |
Data quality | |
Institutional environment: | Data Collector(s): Individual schools send the data under a set of protocols to the Test Administration Authorities for the states and territories Collection authority: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) Act 2008 Data Compiler(s): Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) |
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Timeliness: | Collection interval/s: The NAPLAN tests are conducted annually. Data available: NAPLAN achievement in reading, persuasive writing, language conventions and numeracy: national report for 2014, which was released by Ministers in December 2014. |
Accessibility: | Data are publicly available on www.naplan.edu.au Data for this indicator are published annually in National Indigenous Reform Agreement information reports (which are available on the Productivity Commission website). |
Interpretability: | Context: Yes, this is within the context of the NAPLAN testing and reporting environment Other Supporting information: Frequently asked questions (FAQ's) are available on www.naplan.edu.au |
Relevance: | Level of Geography: Data are available by National, State and Territory, and geo-location levels Data Completeness: Yes Indigenous Statistics: All data are available by Indigenous status by geo‑location by State and Territory Numerator/Denominator Source: The numerator and denominator are compiled from a single source, with the exception of aggregated data for the mean scale scores provided by ACER For Education indicators, are all types of schools, universities, technical colleges/TAFEs and correspondence schools included? Schools that sit NAPLAN tests Have standard classifications been used? Yes |
Accuracy: | Method of Collection: By Test Administration Authorities and provided to ACER, who provide to ACARA Data Adjustments: Raw NAPLAN scores are converted to scaled scores Sample/Collection size: The collection size is a census of NAPLAN participating years (that is, Years 3,5,7,9) Standard Errors: The standard errors have been used to calculate 95% confidence intervals for all the data provided Known Issues: Confidence intervals should be considered when ranking jurisdictions. The confidence intervals used to compare jurisdictions within a calendar year are not the same confidence intervals used to compare across calendar years Year to year change: Caution should be exercised when using the data to measure small changes from year to year; 95% confidence intervals have been provided to the Steering Committee Is the data being used attitudinal or data? Data The abbreviation ‘n.p.’ indicates data were not published as there were no students tested or the number of students tested was less than 30. ‘..’ indicates that the geo-location code does not apply within this State/Territory or for this year level. |
Coherence: | Consistency over time: NAPLAN results are collected in a consistent manner annually |
Source and reference attributes | |
Reference documents: | Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority 2014. NAPLAN achievement in reading, persuasive writing, language conventions and numeracy: national report for 2014. Sydney: ACARA. |
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