Brisbane North’s most improved NAPLAN schools revealed
The most improved primary school cohorts in Brisbane North have been revealed following the 2019 NAPLAN release.
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THE most improved primary school cohorts in Brisbane North have been revealed following the 2019 NAPLAN release.
Results across the Brisbane North region found Year 5 students at Stafford Heights State School improved their NAPLAN scores more than any other cohort in the region.
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To find how each cohort improved, the school’s average NAPLAN score was compared to the state’s average score for 2017 Year 3 and 2019 Year 5.
Students at Stafford Heights State School improved their average score by 30.1 points from Year 3 to Year 5, the biggest improvement in Brisbane North.
The second most improved primary school was Earnshaw State College (Banyo) where average scores improved 23.1 points from Year 3 to Year 5, while St Joseph’s School (Bardon) was third where scores improved 18.3 points.
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For high schools, Earnshaw State College at Banyo was the most improved with an improvement score of 13.0, followed by Mt St Michael’s College where scores improved 12.6 points, and Aviation High School, where scores improved 11.2 points.
Across Queensland the most improved school was Aurukun State School where the Year 5 cohort improved the average NAPLAN score by 70.66 points compared to their 2017 results.
The NAPLAN test remains controversial among educators and parents with concerns it does not fully capture everything a student learns at school.
A Queensland Government response to an independent review of the test stated NAPLAN remained important to maintain school accountability.
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At the time Queensland education minister Grace Grace called for a nationwide review of the test.
But the test is seen as an important way to view a school cohort at one moment in time and schools use the results to improve teaching.
BRISBANE NORTH’S TOP 10 MOST IMPROVED YR 5 COHORT:
1. Stafford Heights State School: 30.1 point increase
2. Earnshaw State College (Banyo): 23.1 point increase
3. St Joseph’s School (Bardon): 18.3 point increase
4. Craigslea State School (Chermside West): 17.1 point increase
5. Sacred Heart Primary School (Sandgate): 15.5 point increase
6. Our Lady of the Assumption School (Enoggera): 13.9 point increase
7. St Flannan’s School (Zillmere): 13.86 point increase
8. Wooloowin State School 11.1 point increase
9. St Peter Chanel Primary School (The Gap): 10.9 point increase
10. Our Lady of the Angels’ School (Wavell Heights): 9.66 point increase
BRISBANE NORTH’S TOP 10 MOST IMPROVED YR 9 COHORT:
1. Earnshaw State College (Banyo): 13.0 point increase
2. Mt St Michael’s College (Ashgrove): 12.6 point increase
3. Aviation High School (Clayfield): 11.2 point increase
4. Brigidine College (Indooroopilly): 9.8 point increase
5. St Rita’s College (Clayfield): 8.2 point increase
6. St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School (Ascot): 7.2 point increase
7. Clayfield College: 5.2 point increase
8. Bracken Ridge State High School: 5.0 point increase
9. Mount Alvernia College (Kedron): 4.0 point increase
10. Kedron State High School: 4.0 point increase
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