STUDENT ATTENDANCE
At Ruyton student attendance is recorded on-line by
teachers using Seqta, a computer software system.
Attendance is recorded for morning Roll Call and for each
lesson throughout the day. The School Assistant checks the
morning Roll Call data and contacts parents to check on
unexplained student absences. During the course of the
day, the School Assistant and Level Co-ordinators monitor
student absence to detect any unexplained absence from
class. Parents are contacted when appropriate.
Each year the Department of Education, Employment
andWorkplace Relations (DEEWR) undertakes the task of
collecting attendance data from non-government schools
for Years 1 to 10. The data collected by DEEWR is forwarded
to the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting
Authority (ACARA) for publication on its ‘My School’
website. The period for recording attendance data in 2012
was the twenty school days between Monday 30 April and
Friday 25 May.
Ruyton’s overall rate of attendance for the collection period
was 96%. Individual year level attendance was as follows:
Year 1:
98%
Year 6:
95%
Year 2:
97%
Year 7:
95%
Year 3:
97%
Year 8:
95%
Year 4:
97%
Year 9:
97%
Year 5:
97%
Year 10:
95%
NAPLAN (National Assessment Plan)
Students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 undertake the NAPLAN
testing over a three day period in May. Individual
reports were generated by the Victorian Curriculum and
Assessment Authority (VCAA) and were posted to parents.
The graphs below show Ruyton’s results compared with
the National and State results. The left hand box box
represents National students, the middle box represents
students in the state education system and the right
hand box represents Ruyton students. The graphs indicate
performance in key learning areas and show achievement
in a box and whisker format. The box represents the middle
50
per cent of the students’ scores and the middle score
(
median) for the group is shown by the black line. The
whiskers show the range of scores achieved by the middle
80
per cent of the students. The figures on the left axis
indicate Victorian Essential Learning Standards Levels. Level
1
to 6 represents year levels from Prep to Year 10.
Year 3:
In 2012, all students in Year 3 met the national benchmarks
for Reading,Writing, Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation,
and Numeracy.
Year 5:
In 2012, all students in Year 5 met the national benchmarks
for Reading,Writing, Grammar and Punctuation, Spelling
and Numeracy.
Year 7:
In 2012, all students in Year 7 met the national benchmarks
for Writing, Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation. 98.7%
of the Year 7 students met the national benchmarks for
Reading and Numeracy.
Year 9:
In 2012, all students in Year 9 met the national benchmarks
for Reading, Grammar and Punctuation, Spelling and
Numeracy. 98.7% of the Year 9 students met the national
benchmarks for Writing.
Reading
Band
Scaled Score
8
7
6
5
4
3
582
530
478
426
374
322
Writing Spelling
Grammar &
Punctuation Numeracy
Reading
Band
6
5
4
3
2
1
478
530
426
374
322
270
Writing Spelling
Grammar &
Punctuation Numeracy
Scaled Score
Reading
Band
Scaled Score
9
8
7
6
5
4
634
582
530
478
426
374
Writing Spelling
Grammar &
Punctuation Numeracy
Reading
Band
Scaled Score
10
9
8
7
6
5
686
634
582
530
478
426
Writing Spelling
Grammar &
Punctuation Numeracy
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