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School Achievement And Initial Education And Labour Market Outcomes, Stephen Lamb
School Achievement And Initial Education And Labour Market Outcomes, Stephen Lamb
LSAY Research Reports
This report looks at the relationships between literacy and numeracy achievement in junior secondary school and a range of education, training and labour market outcomes at age nineteen. It pays particular attention to the education and labour market effects of differences in literacy and numeracy skills.
Reading Comprehension And Numeracy Among Junior Secondary School Students In Australia, Gary Marks, John Ainley
Reading Comprehension And Numeracy Among Junior Secondary School Students In Australia, Gary Marks, John Ainley
LSAY Research Reports
This report examines the performance, and levels of mastery, on tests of reading comprehension and numeracy of Australian students in junior secondary school between 1975 and 1995. Data for the analyses reported were drawn from two national monitoring studies and other studies of representative samples of junior secondary school students designed to monitor the progress of young people through school into further education, training and work. In each of the studies students completed tests that are similar to those conducted in the Australian states and territories and overseas to monitor student performance. The tests focussed on reading skills (which correlate …