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Best start 2008 : kindergarten literacy assessment, Department of Education and Training, NSW : data analysis report, June 2008
(2008)
Abstract
In 2007 the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) was commissioned to supply advice to the NSW Department of Education and Training on literacy assessment instruments suitable for students at the commencement of Year K, for use in the Best start initiative. This report outlines: the modifications made to the literacy assessments developed for the ACER Longitudinal Literacy and Numeracy Study (LLANS) to make it suitable; the testing of the literacy assessment in a sample of kindergartens in New South Wales; analysis of student results; and recommendations.
Keywords
- Academic achievement,
- Australia,
- Best Start (Project),
- Language proficiency,
- Language skills,
- Literacy,
- Longitudinal Literacy and Numeracy Study (LLANS),
- Measurement techniques,
- New South Wales,
- Preschool children,
- Preschool tests,
- Skill analysis,
- Statistical analysis,
- Student assessment,
- Test construction,
- Test content,
- Test selection,
- Test use,
- Testing
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Publication Date
June, 2008
Citation Information
Marion O Meiers and Siek Toon Khoo. "Best start 2008 : kindergarten literacy assessment, Department of Education and Training, NSW : data analysis report, June 2008" (2008) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/marion_meiers/79/