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Progress and Achievement Test (PAT)

Listening Comprehension 2014

Achievement results with student performance being compared to National Norms.

Waikanae School Listening Comprehension Progress and Achievement Test Analysis 2014

PAT Listening Information Sheet

• PAT Listening Comprehension Stanines enable a student’s achievement to be compared against National Norms. They also enable teachers and parents

to compare student performance across cohort groups

• Stanines and their associated test scores have been scaled and ‘normed’ to fit the ‘Bell Curve of Normal Distribution’

• This test became available in its current form to schools in 2010.

• This test assesses a student’s listening comprehension ability (understanding pieces of taped text that are pre-recorded).

• It is a useful assessment tool in that it enables us to identify students who perform well in oral situations but poorly in written situations. We look for a disparity

between this test and the other tests (STAR, PAT Reading Comprehension and Reading Vocabulary). Students with a range of Stanine scores are often students with

average to above average intelligence but who may have difficulties with reading or writing. As a result this test helps teachers to identify students who may need

targeted teaching and learning e.g. Specialised Group Work, Rainbow Reading, Extension/Remedial Programmes, SPELD tutoring etc.


Description of Ethnic Groupings

Category

Number of

Students in Test

Group

Percentage of Test

Group Description Notes

Asian 14 4% All students identified upon enrolment as

Asian

Maori 39 125% All students identified upon enrolment as

Maori

MELAA 4 1% All students identified upon enrolment as

Middle Eastern , Latin American or, American

New Zealand

European 214 67%

All students identified upon enrolment as New

Zealand European

Other 39 12% Any other category

Pacific Peoples 11 3%

This category includes all students identified

upon enrolment as being Samoan, Fijian, Cook

Island Maori or Other Pacific Peoples

6 of these students are English Language

Learners.

All 321 100% All students tested from Year 4 to Year 8


Achievement Summary

1. Overall performance across the school is well above National Norms. We have 78% of our students at or above Stanine 5. (Norm =60%). This

performance is 18% above the National Norm.

2. In comparison to National Norms our ‘tail’ is small. The tail being the 10% students with Stanine Result 1, 2, or 3 (Norm= 23%). This performance is

13% better than the National Norm

3. Maori Performance is slightly below National Norms and for 2014 is well below the other cohorts measured. There has been a marked drop (19%) in

performance between 2013 and 2014.

4. Pacific Peoples are below National Norms with 45% of students at or above Stanine 5 (Norm =60%) This performance is 15% below the National

Norm.

It is important to note that this group contains only 11 students or 4% of the test population. 6 of the 11 students are English Language Learners. Staff

and management are well aware of this issue and are taking all practical steps to lift the achievement of these students to a level commensurate with

others.

Interventions include:

• individualised tutoring for oral language and reading

• in-class teacher aide support in mathematics

• PD for two staff members through Graduate Certificate TEAL

• Use of Lexia programme

• Use of differentiated leaning task and class groupings and programmes etc.

• ELLP used to guide assessment practices and next learning steps

• This student group will feature in our School Targets for 2014 (see 2014 Charter)

5. Gender Performance; there is no noticeable difference in performance between the genders except for a spike in the girl’s performance in the ‘upper

middle…Stanine 6.

6. Over Time Performance; there appears s to variability in the results over time... This year’s results show a drop in performance by all the cohorts

measured and analysed.


Stanine 1 Stanine 2 Stanine 3 Stanine 4 Stanine 5 Stanine 6 Stanine 7 Stanine 8 Stanine 9

Norm 4% 7% 12% 17% 20% 17% 12% 7% 4%

Performance 1% 3% 6% 12% 19% 27% 16% 12% 5%

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rtPAT Listening Comprehension by All

February 2014 Stanines in Comparison to National Norms


Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 All

Norm 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 60%

Performance 59% 78% 88% 87% 71% 80% 78%

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rtPAT Listening Comprehension by Year Group

February 2014 Comparison to National Norms

Percentage of Students at or Above Stanine 5



Norm 4% 7% 12% 17% 20% 17% 12% 7% 4%

Performance 5% 3% 14% 22% 8% 19% 11% 5% 14%

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rtPAT Listening Comprehension for Maori




Norm 4% 7% 12% 17% 20% 17% 12% 7% 4%

Performance 0% 18% 27% 9% 27% 9% 9% 0% 0%

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rtPAT Listening Comprehension for Pacific Peoples



Asian Maori MELAA NZ Euro Other Pacific Peoples All

Norm 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 60%

Performance 84% 57% 100% 81% 87% 45% 78%

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rtPAT Listening Comprehension by Ethnicity

February 2014 Comparison to National Norms




Norm 4% 7% 12% 17% 20% 17% 12% 7% 4%

Performance Girls 0% 4% 6% 10% 17% 32% 15% 13% 4%

Performance Boys 2% 3% 5% 13% 20% 23% 16% 12% 5%

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2011 2012 2013 2014

Norm 60% 60% 60% 60%

All 71% 75% 81% 78%

Maori 74% 75% 76% 57%

Pacific Peoples 60% 30% 64% 45%

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rtPAT Listening Comprehension Over Time

2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 Comparison to National Norms




Year 3 Norm 4% 7% 12% 17% 20% 17% 12% 7% 4%

Year 3 Performance 3% 3% 8% 27% 5% 38% 8% 5% 3%

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rtPAT Listening Comprehension for Year 3




Norm 4% 7% 12% 17% 20% 17% 12% 7% 4%

Performance 2% 3% 5% 13% 24% 14% 22% 10% 8%

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Norm 4% 7% 12% 17% 20% 17% 12% 7% 4%

Performance 0% 2% 2% 8% 8% 35% 19% 17% 8%

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Norm 4% 7% 12% 17% 20% 17% 12% 7% 4%

Performance 0% 2% 6% 6% 20% 22% 17% 20% 7%

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Performance 0% 9% 7% 13% 24% 22% 13% 11% 2%

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Performance 2% 2% 7% 10% 25% 34% 13% 8% 0%

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