Originally Posted by ABCDiamond (Post 7779643)

Sweating from what :D It's just a bit of cut and paste from my site :thumbup:

Originally Posted by ABCDiamond (Post 7779596)

I knew I would find it after I stopped looking too hard....

2008 NAPLAN year 7. (my daughters year, and showing her school as an example)

Year 7

NUMERACY
557.0 Faith Lutheran College, QLD
556.2 ACT
552.3 VIC
551.3 NSW
544.9 Australian Average
538.8 Qld
536.2 SA
534.0 WA
533.8 Tas
489.3 NT

READING
558.2 ACT
543.0 Vic
543.0 Faith Lutheran College, QLD
542.5 Nsw
536.6 Australian Average
534.2 Tas
533.5 SA
528.1 Qld
527.3 WA
470.9 NT

The Faith Lutheran children have almost all done the same amount of school years as the rest of the country, other than QLD state schools, and do appear to be older on average than QLD State school children for the same years.
Hence the results are much more comparable to the rest of the country.

Originally Posted by Broad Shoulders (Post 7779657)

you're really Mr ABS, aren't you?

Originally Posted by sallyclaire (Post 7779654)

But that doesn't say where they are from or do most stay local?

Originally Posted by ABCDiamond (Post 7779690)

Good point, I never even thought of that. I suppose I think of each State as a separate country, where people stay in their own...

Originally Posted by sallyclaire (Post 7779679)

:confused:

Originally Posted by Broad Shoulders (Post 7779694)

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Originally Posted by Broad Shoulders (Post 7779657)

you're really Mr ABS, aren't you?

Originally Posted by Peepster (Post 7779754)

I am too thick to read the stats....where are we on this thread then? Is Qld the thick state? Or have i just elevated VIC to that by virtue of posting this?

Originally Posted by scottishcelts (Post 7779251)

Mmm...on many occasions i've had the feeling of 'the lights are on but no one is home' sort of thing! :unsure:

Originally Posted by fish.01 (Post 7780168)

I bet you have :p

Originally Posted by IvanM (Post 7779022)

Someone from Brisbane was telling me that QLD comes bottom of the Australian education ranks. Anyone know why and what sort of ranking this is? How good is education resourcing there (cue ABC Stats)?

Originally Posted by ABCDiamond (Post 7779576)

OK, the first thing that people should look at is the ages, and amount of schooling, that each group tested relates to.

eg:



That may explain why QLD comes 2nd bottom, as the Queensland children tested are normally the youngest for the country, with 1 year less schooling.

However, when you compare the private schools, where they start earlier, you do see different results. I will post those when I locate them, I have them on my site somewhere... :fingerscrossed: