Comments on: Teachers’ union is right to oppose school league tables http://enpassant.com.au/?p=6514 Revolutionary reflections on this world of ours Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:07:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Nick http://enpassant.com.au/?p=6514&cpage=1#comment-21116 Nick Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:06:24 +0000 http://enpassant.com.au/?p=6514#comment-21116 It's not true that "[factors] such as socio-economic disadvantage, levels of school funding, the number of non-English-speaking students and so on are not taken into account." They are, if not in NAPLAN itself then on the My Schools website. The "Index of Socio-Educational Advantage" (ISCEA) assigns each school a value based on just those characteristics. The NAPLAN results of a school are compared to those of schools with similar ISCEA values. Of course, the method of determining ISCEA is deeply flawed, based on the socio-economic characteristics of geographic districts rather than the students who actually attend a given school. So it unfairly favours select-entry or wealthy private schools that draw students from a wide geographic range. It’s not true that “[factors] such as socio-economic disadvantage, levels of school funding, the number of non-English-speaking students and so on are not taken into account.”

They are, if not in NAPLAN itself then on the My Schools website. The “Index of Socio-Educational Advantage” (ISCEA) assigns each school a value based on just those characteristics. The NAPLAN results of a school are compared to those of schools with similar ISCEA values.

Of course, the method of determining ISCEA is deeply flawed, based on the socio-economic characteristics of geographic districts rather than the students who actually attend a given school. So it unfairly favours select-entry or wealthy private schools that draw students from a wide geographic range.

]]> By: jack http://enpassant.com.au/?p=6514&cpage=1#comment-21115 jack Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:19:37 +0000 http://enpassant.com.au/?p=6514#comment-21115 oppose school league tables = support the dumbing down of our children oppose school league tables = support the dumbing down of our children

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