The decision to move NAPLAN online provides a unique opportunity to shift the focus of assessment from common year - level tests and
low national minimum standards to the monitoring of each student's progress against challenging personal targets.
Not exact matches
Highlights of this year's NAPLAN results include: • There is evidence of movement of students from
lower to higher bands of achievement across year levels and most domains over the last 10 years • Year 3 reading results continue to show sustained improvement • ACT, Victoria and NSW continue to have high mean achievement across all domains • There are increases in mean achievement in the Northern Territory in primary years reading and numeracy since 2008 • WA and Queensland have the largest growth in mean achievement across most domains since 2008 • Percentage of students meeting the
national minimum standard remains high — over 90 per cent nationally and in most states and territories, across all domains and year levels
The proportion of students at or below the
national minimum standard (darker shading) is considerably greater for
lower parental occupation groups than for higher groups.
The
National Association of REALTORS ® (NAR) engaged PwC to review the impacts of an illustrative comprehensive tax reform option that would
lower and consolidate marginal tax rates to three rates with a top rate of 33 percent, double the
standard deduction, eliminate all itemized deductions other than charitable contributions and mortgage interest, eliminate the Alternative
Minimum Tax, and cap the...
The
National Association of REALTORS ® (NAR) engaged PwC to review the impacts of an illustrative comprehensive tax reform option that would
lower and consolidate marginal tax rates to three rates with a top rate of 33 percent, double the
standard deduction, eliminate all itemized deductions other than charitable contributions and mortgage interest, eliminate the Alternative
Minimum Tax, and cap the tax rate on pass - through business income at 25 percent.