Achieving growth in NAPLAN: characteristics of successful schools Muir, Tracey, Livy, Sharyn, Herbert, Sandra and Callingham, Rosemary 2016, Achieving growth in NAPLAN: characteristics of successful schools, in AARE 2016 : Transforming educational research : Proceedings of the Conference for the Australian Association for Research in Education : Transforming Education Research, AARE, Deakin A.C.T., pp. 1-12. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads herbert-achievinggrowthin-2016.pdf Published version application/pdf 218.27KB 384 Title Achieving growth in NAPLAN: characteristics of successful schools Author(s) Muir, Tracey Livy, Sharyn Herbert, Sandra orcid.org/0000-0001-5990-5099 Callingham, Rosemary Conference name Australian Association for Research in Education. Conference (2016 : Melbourne, Vic.) Conference location Melbourne, Vic. Conference dates 27 Nov - 1 Dec 2016 Title of proceedings AARE 2016 : Transforming educational research : Proceedings of the Conference for the Australian Association for Research in Education : Transforming Education Research Editor(s) Baguley, M. Publication date 2016 Start page 1 End page 12 Total pages 12 Publisher AARE Place of publication Deakin A.C.T. Summary Since 2008, Australian students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 have been assessed through the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN). In 2015, the Office of the Chief Scientist commissioned a study into the processes used by schools that demonstrated successful outcomes in NAPLAN numeracy. A team of researchers across Australia conducted a total of 55 case studies in order to identify practices and policies that were consistent between successful schools. Data were gathered through surveys, classroom observations and interviews conducted with school leaders, teachers, students, and parents. Overall findings indicated there were a number of characteristics that were common to schools who achieved sustained growth in NAPLAN results. These characteristics included the development and implementation of policies that specifically supported numeracy learning and teaching, use of a variety of data sources to develop and refine mathematics teaching programs, team planning, strong numeracy leadership and a consistent school approach to teaching mathematics. This paper presents the findings from three case study schools as illustrative examples of how the identified characteristics were enacted in practice. The study has particular implications for policy makers and school leaders who may be seeking ways to develop consistent and effective mathematical practices in their own schools. Language eng Field of Research 130208 Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum and Pedagogy Socio Economic Objective 930403 School/Institution Policies and Development HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed ERA Research output type E Conference publication Copyright notice ©2016, The Authors Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30089107 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Education Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 17 Nov 2016, 11:25:19 EST Thu, 17 Nov 2016, 11:27:02 EST Thu, 08 Dec 2016, 13:22:15 EST Fri, 09 Dec 2016, 04:00:07 EST Fri, 09 Dec 2016, 05:06:46 EST Tue, 13 Dec 2016, 11:48:54 EST Tue, 13 Dec 2016, 11:52:21 EST Tue, 14 Feb 2017, 13:26:25 EST Mon, 15 Jan 2018, 09:55:04 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 17:55:34 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 604 Abstract Views, 384 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 08 Dec 2016, 13:22:15 EST