TY - JOUR
T1 - The NAPLAN numeracy test
T2 - do school type and socio-economic background make a difference?
AU - Forgasz, Helen J.
AU - Leder, Gilah
PY - 2022/3
Y1 - 2022/3
N2 - Explorations of the national NAPLAN numeracy data consistently reveal a strong relationship between achievement on these tests and students’ socio-economic background. A small but persistent pattern of gender difference favouring males in mean NAPLAN numeracy scores is also reported. Whether these patterns are replicated for students attending single-sex schools is examined in this paper.
AB - Explorations of the national NAPLAN numeracy data consistently reveal a strong relationship between achievement on these tests and students’ socio-economic background. A small but persistent pattern of gender difference favouring males in mean NAPLAN numeracy scores is also reported. Whether these patterns are replicated for students attending single-sex schools is examined in this paper.
KW - NAPLAN numeracy achievement
KW - Single-sex schools
KW - Socio-econimic background
KW - Gender
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U2 - 10.1007/s13394-020-00326-x
DO - 10.1007/s13394-020-00326-x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85084058857
VL - 34
SP - 1
EP - 14
JO - Mathematics Education Research Journal
JF - Mathematics Education Research Journal
SN - 1033-2170
IS - 1
ER -