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Infographic: Reading Instruction Strategies Used In Year 4 Lessons In Australia, Dominique Russell Jul 2023

Infographic: Reading Instruction Strategies Used In Year 4 Lessons In Australia, Dominique Russell

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Recently released survey data from PIRLS 2021 (Progress in International Reading and Literacy Study) includes information on reading instruction strategies used in year 4 lessons. This infographic shows the percentage of Australian PIRLS 2021 students whose teachers reported using these strategies in every or almost every lesson.


Infographic: Australia’S Reading Results Within The International Context, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer) Jul 2023

Infographic: Australia’S Reading Results Within The International Context, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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The new report, Progress in International Reading Literacy Study: Australia’s results from PIRLS 2021, reveals how the average reading performance of year 4 students in Australia compares to other countries. Find out more in today’s infographic.


Infographic: Basic Literacy Skills And The Gap Between Male And Female Students, Jo Earp Mar 2023

Infographic: Basic Literacy Skills And The Gap Between Male And Female Students, Jo Earp

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NAPLAN’s National Minimum Standard is the ‘agreed minimum acceptable standard of knowledge and skills without which a student will have difficulty making sufficient progress at school’. Ahead of the 2023 tests, we compare the percentage of male and female students in year 9 achieving at or above the standard in Literacy, over time.


Infographic: Basic Skills And The Gap Between Indigenous And Non-Indigenous Students, Jo Earp Mar 2023

Infographic: Basic Skills And The Gap Between Indigenous And Non-Indigenous Students, Jo Earp

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In the National Assessment Program — Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests, the national minimum standard (NMS) is the ‘agreed minimum acceptable standard of knowledge and skills without which a student will have difficulty making sufficient progress at school’. This infographic looks at the performance of Indigenous and non-Indigenous students in Year 9, over time.


Infographic: Language And Cognitive Skills In The Early Years, Zoe Kaskamanidis Jul 2022

Infographic: Language And Cognitive Skills In The Early Years, Zoe Kaskamanidis

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Results from the 2021 Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) collection cycle show that of all early childhood developmental domains, children’s language and cognitive skills have seen the most significant shift. Find out more in today’s infographic.


Infographic: Student Reading In A Digital Age, Zoe Kaskamanidis May 2022

Infographic: Student Reading In A Digital Age, Zoe Kaskamanidis

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An OECD report 21st-Century Readers: Developing Literacy Skills in a Digital World analyses data from the 2018 PISA test and student survey to report on the reading habits of 15-year-olds in OECD countries. Find out more about how reading in digital and paper formats effects students' reading performance and enjoyment in today's infographic.


Infographic: School Funding – What Are Educators Seeking Support For?, Dominique Russell Feb 2022

Infographic: School Funding – What Are Educators Seeking Support For?, Dominique Russell

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Philanthropic funding is one way school leaders can access support to implement and enhance initiatives and projects. Australian charity Schools Plus recently published details of applications for its latest round of grants. The requests from schools provide a snapshot of the initiatives and projects educators are seeking funding for.


Infographic: School Librarian Recruitment – Valuing Reading For Pleasure, Dominique Russell Jul 2021

Infographic: School Librarian Recruitment – Valuing Reading For Pleasure, Dominique Russell

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A new study has explored job titles and descriptions for school librarian jobs advertised in the United States and Australia to assess the emphasis placed on a school librarian’s role in promoting reading for pleasure. Researchers found ‘Australian school librarians are far more likely to be expected to foster reading for pleasure’.


Infographic: Student Enjoyment Of Reading, Dominique Russell Jun 2021

Infographic: Student Enjoyment Of Reading, Dominique Russell

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The most recent Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) survey measured the attitudes held by 15-year-olds on reading. An Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) Snapshot report has analysed these attitudes, and looked at how they differ between girls and boys, Indigenous and non-Indigenous students, and most disadvantaged and least disadvantaged students.


Infographic: Foundational Literacy And Numeracy Skills, Jo Earp Jun 2021

Infographic: Foundational Literacy And Numeracy Skills, Jo Earp

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In the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2019, Year 4 principals were asked to report how many students in their school could do foundational literacy and numeracy skills such as ‘write their names’ and ‘recognise written numbers from 1 to 10’ when they began their first year of primary school. Find out how Australian data compare to the international average in this infographic.


Infographic: Student Word Choice During A Pandemic, Dominique Russell Sep 2020

Infographic: Student Word Choice During A Pandemic, Dominique Russell

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Children aged 8-14 in Australia recently submitted a 100 word story responding to the prompt ‘A different world – living in lockdown’ for a story-writing event. Their word choices were analysed and in this infographic, we see how their word choices compare to previous instalments of the event.


Infographic: Top Borrowed Picture Books, Dominique Russell Mar 2019

Infographic: Top Borrowed Picture Books, Dominique Russell

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Each year, a list of the top 10 most borrowed picture books in Australia is released by the Civica Libraries Index. See which picture books made the list for 2018 in today’s infographic.


Infographic: High Frequency Words Used By Young Students In Australia, Dominique Russell Sep 2018

Infographic: High Frequency Words Used By Young Students In Australia, Dominique Russell

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New research explores the words most frequently written by students in Australia in their first three years of schooling. Today’s infographic looks at the words that were written at a high frequency, unique to each year level.


Infographic: Reading Achievement, Hunger And Tiredness, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer) Jul 2018

Infographic: Reading Achievement, Hunger And Tiredness, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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In PIRLS 2016 (the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study), students were asked about behaviours that could limit reading instruction. This infographic takes a look at some of the results for students arriving at school feeling hungry and tired.


Infographic: Reading Achievement And Student Absenteeism, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer) Jul 2018

Infographic: Reading Achievement And Student Absenteeism, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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In PIRLS 2016 (the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study), students were asked about behaviours that could limit reading instruction. Today’s infographic takes a look at some of the results for absenteeism.


Infographic: Books In The Home And Student Achievement, Rebecca Vukovic Jul 2017

Infographic: Books In The Home And Student Achievement, Rebecca Vukovic

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The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is an international comparative study of student achievement. Here, we look at TIMSS data on books in the home and the percentage of Australian students at or above the proficient standard for maths and science.


Infographic: Teen Reading Habits, Jo Earp Feb 2017

Infographic: Teen Reading Habits, Jo Earp

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A new research study involving academics from Deakin University and Murdoch University is exploring the recreational reading habits of Australian teenagers. Here are some of the early findings.


Infographic: Australia’S Pisa Performance Over Time, Jo Earp Dec 2016

Infographic: Australia’S Pisa Performance Over Time, Jo Earp

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A report on the 2015 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results examines trends in Australia's average performance and the change in the percentages of students considered 'high' and 'low' performers.


Infographic: Frequency And Enjoyment Of Writing And Reading, Jo Earp Nov 2016

Infographic: Frequency And Enjoyment Of Writing And Reading, Jo Earp

Teacher infographics

The National Literacy Trust (UK) annual literacy survey asks eight- to 18-year-olds about writing frequency and their enjoyment of writing. Here are some of the results and comparisons with the Trust's data on reading.


Infographic: Formats Of Writing Outside School, Danielle Meloney Nov 2015

Infographic: Formats Of Writing Outside School, Danielle Meloney

Teacher infographics

What do children and young people most commonly write outside school time? The National Literacy Trust UK recently explored.


Top Borrowed Library Books And Series, Jo Earp Jul 2015

Top Borrowed Library Books And Series, Jo Earp

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Looking to freshen up your library for the new term? Here’s a list of the top borrowed library books and series, as discovered by a recent survey.