The certificates aim to celebrate and recognise the importance of both excellence and learning growth.
Categories of achievement
The certificates will be awarded for two categories of achievement:
- Category one: the achievement of excellence through getting a result in the top proficiency level ‘Exceeding’ for Reading or Numeracy, or both.
- Category two: the achievement of high growth and achieving an increase in proficiency levels between the NAPLAN Year 7 and Year 9 tests for Reading or Numeracy, or both.
Measuring a student’s learning growth
Learning growth is a way of measuring how much progress a student makes in their learning. It is measured by identifying the proficiency level as well as showing a high relative growth level.
The high relative growth level indicates that the students score for that test is in the top 25% for students with a similar score on the same test type two years prior.
Achieving a score in the Exceeding proficiency level is considered exceeding students expectations and an increase of a proficiency level with high relative growth from Year 7 to Year 9 is considered a significant growth in learning.
As students move through the NAPLAN years, the skills and understanding required to achieve each proficiency level increase in difficulty. A student who achieves the same proficiency level in successive years, such as Year 7 and Year 9, may still be making progress.
Eligibility
A student’s growth in learning is measured by comparing their Year 7 and Year 9 NAPLAN test results. This means only students who sit the Year 7 NAPLAN test are eligible to receive a certificate for learning growth.
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