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Comparison of Indigenous Reading Logit Scores at Remote
Schools 2001-2003
Data prepared by Bill BeggDEET 2004
Northern Territory GovernmentDepartment of Employment, Education and Training
www.deet.nt.gov.au
Criteria for matching schools
•Contact history
•Demographic
•Language
•Student numbers
Northern Territory GovernmentDepartment of Employment, Education and Training
www.deet.nt.gov.au
Cumulative mean reading logit scores from 2 Way and Like Schools for the period 2001, 2002 and 2003
compared to Reading Bench marks for each year level
-3.5
-3
-2.5
-2
-1.5
-1
-0.5
0
0.5
Yr3 Yr5 Yr7
log
it s
co
re 2 way
Like
benchmark
Northern Territory GovernmentDepartment of Employment, Education and Training
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Cumulative mean reading logit scores from 2 Way and Like Schools for the period 2001, 2002 and 2003
compared to Reading Bench marks for each year level
-3.5
-3
-2.5
-2
-1.5
-1
-0.5
0
0.5
Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 7
year level
log
it s
co
re
2 way school
like school
Yr 7 BM
Yr 5 BM
Yr 3 BM
Northern Territory GovernmentDepartment of Employment, Education and Training
www.deet.nt.gov.au
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
% attendance ratio number achievingbenchmark
2 Way
Like school
Total attendance rate and total number of students (Yr 3, 5 and 7) achieving Reading Benchmark in
2001,2002 and 2003.
Northern Territory GovernmentDepartment of Employment, Education and Training
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Number of Yr 7 students achieving Reading benchmark 2001 to 2003 (the cream column represents the number of students from like schools
“standardised” to the same attendance numbers as 2 Way schools) std like = like X 1.38
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
2001 2002 2003
nu
mb
er
of
stu
de
nts
2 Way
Like
std Like
Northern Territory GovernmentDepartment of Employment, Education and Training
www.deet.nt.gov.au
Number of Yr 5 students achieving Reading benchmark 2001 to 2003 (the cream column represents the number of students from like schools
“standardised” to the same attendance numbers as 2 Way schools) std like = like X 1.38
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
2001 2002 2003
nu
mb
er
of
stu
de
nts
2 Way
Like
Std Like
Northern Territory GovernmentDepartment of Employment, Education and Training
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Yr 7 Mean Reading Logit Change2001 to 2003
-2.5
-2
-1.5
-1
-0.5
0
2001 2002 2003
me
an
log
it s
co
re
2 Way
Like
Yr 7 BM
Northern Territory GovernmentDepartment of Employment, Education and Training
www.deet.nt.gov.au
Yr 5 Mean reading Logit Change 2001 to 2003
-2.5
-2
-1.5
-1
-0.5
0
2001 2002 2003
me
an
log
it s
co
re
2 Way
Like
Yr 5 BM
Northern Territory GovernmentDepartment of Employment, Education and Training
www.deet.nt.gov.au
Remote Indigenous Yr 7 Reading Logits Distributions 2001-3
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
freq
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
freq
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
freq
Logit score
2002
2003
2001
Yr 7 BM
Mean –1.98
Mean –1.30
Mean –0.39
Northern Territory GovernmentDepartment of Employment, Education and Training
www.deet.nt.gov.au
Urban Indigenous Yr 7 Reading Logits Distributions 2001-3
2002
2003
2001
Yr 7 BM
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
freq
0
24
68
10
1214
1618
20
-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
freq
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
freq
Logit score
Mean 0.39
Mean 0.66
Mean 1.47
Northern Territory GovernmentDepartment of Employment, Education and Training
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Urban Non Indigenous Yr 7 Reading Logits Distribution 2001-3
2002
2003
2001
Yr 7 BM
Logit score
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
freq
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
fre
q
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
fre
q
Mean 1.57
Mean 1.68
Mean 2.66
Northern Territory GovernmentDepartment of Employment, Education and Training
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Cumulative Mean Yr 7Reading Logit scores 2001 to 2003
-1.5
-1
-0.5
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
All RemoteIndigenous
Like 2 Way Urban Indigenous Urban Non-Indigenous
log
it s
co
re
Yr 7 BM
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