Northern Territory’s NAPLAN results lag behind the rest of the nation
Once again, the Northern Territory lagged the rest of the nation in the NAPLAN test with "35 per-cent" of students needing more support. And with half of all Territory students learning outside of the major centre’s experts say more resources are needed to lift the standard.
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00:00 NAPLAN testing changed this year.
00:04 NAPLAN was earlier, it's also online and it's also then got four proficiency levels.
00:10 New measurements of a familiar trend, Territory students' literacy and numeracy lagging behind other states,
00:16 with more face time between students and teachers needed to improve marks.
00:20 It's all about teachers in classrooms, it's all about ensuring that we've got enough teachers,
00:24 enough expertise in classrooms to ensure they're having an impact on students.
00:28 The NAPLAN tests students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9 across five domains of literacy and numeracy.
00:35 Territory students performed best in spelling, with 10% of students in the highest proficiency.
00:40 The Territory scored the lowest in numeracy, with just 4% of students exceeding the standard.
00:45 35% of the Territory students need additional support in the classroom.
00:49 But the below par results could see a boost in resources.
00:53 With the number of students who are in that needing additional support versus the number of students who are exceeding,
00:58 yes I think we would need to have a look at some of those factors.
01:01 The more one on one support that students receive, the better.
01:06 Half of the Territory students live in remote areas and many speak English as a second language.
01:11 Local teaching staff, the key for students to be able to understand new concepts in their first language.
01:17 So once students are able to do that, then it will make it easier for them to understand those concepts in another language such as English.
01:26 One thing is clear in any language, the results aren't great.
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