1. Department of Employment, Education and Training Working together Northern Territory Government Department of Employment, Education and Training www.deet.nt.gov.au Comparison of Indigenous Reading Logit Scores at Remote Schools 2001-2003 Data prepared by Bill Begg DEET 2004

2. Northern Territory Government Department of Employment, Education and Training www.deet.nt.gov.au Criteria for matching schools Contact history Demographic Language Student numbers

3. Northern Territory Government Department 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

4. Northern Territory Government Department 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 Yr 7 BM Yr 5 BM Yr 3 BM

5. Northern Territory Government Department of Employment, Education and Training www.deet.nt.gov.au Total attendance rate and total number of students (Yr 3, 5 and 7) achieving Reading Benchmark in 2001,2002 and 2003.

6. Northern Territory Government Department of Employment, Education and Training www.deet.nt.gov.au 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

7. Northern Territory Government Department 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

8. Northern Territory Government Department of Employment, Education and Training www.deet.nt.gov.au Yr 7 Mean Reading Logit Change 2001 to 2003 Yr 7 BM

9. Northern Territory Government Department of Employment, Education and Training www.deet.nt.gov.au Yr 5 Mean reading Logit Change 2001 to 2003 Yr 5 BM

10. Northern Territory Government Department of Employment, Education and Training www.deet.nt.gov.au Remote Indigenous Yr 7 Reading Logits Distributions 2001-3 Logit score 2002 2003 2001 Yr 7 BM Mean –1.98 Mean –1.30 Mean –0.39

11. Northern Territory Government Department 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 Logit score Mean 0.39 Mean 0.66 Mean 1.47

12. Northern Territory Government Department of Employment, Education and Training www.deet.nt.gov.au Urban Non Indigenous Yr 7 Reading Logits Distribution 2001-3 2002 2003 2001 Yr 7 BM Logit score Mean 1.57 Mean 1.68 Mean 2.66

13. Northern Territory Government Department of Employment, Education and Training www.deet.nt.gov.au Cumulative Mean Yr 7Reading Logit scores 2001 to 2003 Yr 7 BM