The National Assessment Program—Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests are conducted in May each year for all students across Australia in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. All students in the same year level are assessed on the same test items in the assessment domains of Reading, Writing, Language Conventions (Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation) and Numeracy...

This book showcases a range of ‘out-of-school’ youth learning contexts in remote Australia, to analyse the factors that enable positive learning and to provide some working principles for facilitating and supporting effective youth learning in the remote Indigenous context. The Lifespan Learning and Literacy for Young Adults in Remote Indigenous Communities (2007–2010), later known as...

This report outlines a review of Australian State Library and New Zealand National Library partnerships, with examples that illustrate successful and unsuccessful joint ventures, based on a survey completed in January 2012 by NSLA libraries. This report also analyses key features of successful partnerships relating to literacy and learning (in existence between January 2009 and...

The reach of literacy projects which have attracted partnership opportunities ranges from quite generic (large possible audience), to a more targeted approach to reach those most in need of improved literacy skills, or a combination of the two. The ability to deliver on more than one agenda, to present the project or initiative as one...

This report presents the findings from the National Assessment Program – Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Literacy conducted under the auspices of the national council of education ministers, the Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (MCEECDYA), now known as the Standing Council on School Education and Early Childhood (SCCEEC) in 2011...