PAT Listening Comprehension 2015 - waikanae.school.nzWaikanae School Listening Comprehension Progress and Achievement Test Analysis February 2015 Page 2 PAT Listening Information Sheet

Progress and Achievement Test (PAT)

Listening Comprehension 2015

Achievement results with student performance being compared to National Norms.

Waikanae School Listening Comprehension Progress and Achievement Test Analysis February 2015 Page 2

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 15 5% All students identified upon enrolment as

Asian

Maori 53 16% All students identified upon enrolment as

Maori

MELAA 16 5% All students identified upon enrolment as

Middle Eastern , Latin American or, American

New Zealand

European 205 63%

All students identified upon enrolment as New

Zealand European

Other 29 9% Any other category

Pacific Peoples 9 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 327 100% All students tested from Year 4 to Year 8


Achievement Summary

1. Overall performance across the school is well above National Norms. We have 74% of our students at or above Stanine 5. (Norm =60%). This performance is 14% 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 above the National Norms but is below the other cohorts measured.

4. Pacific Peoples are well below National Norms with 33% of students at or above Stanine 5 (Norm =60%) This performance is 27% below the National Norm.

It is important to note that this group contains only 9 students or 3% of the test population. 6 of the 9 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 • Use of Lexia programme • Use of differentiated learning 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 2015 (see 2015 Charter)

5. Gender Performance: There is no noticeable difference in performance between the genders.

6. Over Time Performance: There is consistency overtime for the ‘All’ but both Maori and Pacific Peoples vary. This particularly true for Pacific Peoples. With only 9 students in this cohort it is unreliable to draw to many statistical conclusions.


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 2% 3% 8% 14% 18% 21% 18% 13% 4%

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rtPAT Listening Comprehension by All

February 2015 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 72% 59% 67% 93% 80% 71% 74%

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February 2015 Comparison to National Norms

Percentage of Students at or Above Stanine 5


Asian Maori MELAA NZ Euro Other Pacific Peoples All

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

Performance 73% 64% 94% 76% 79% 33% 74%

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February 2015 Comparison to National Norms




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

Performance 2% 9% 6% 19% 17% 21% 11% 13% 2%

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

Performance 11% 22% 22% 11% 11% 11% 11% 0% 0%

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

Performance Girls 1% 3% 7% 14% 19% 20% 17% 14% 5%

Performance Boys 2% 3% 9% 13% 18% 23% 18% 11% 3%

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PAT Listening Comprehension by GenderFebruary 2015 Stanines in Comparison to National Norms


2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Norm 60% 60% 60% 60% 60%

All 71% 75% 81% 78% 74%

Maori 74% 75% 76% 57% 64%

Pacific Peoples 60% 30% 64% 45% 33%

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2011, 2012, 2013 2014 and 2015 Comparison to National Norms




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

Performance 0% 5% 10% 15% 11% 27% 13% 19% 0%

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

Performance 2% 2% 7% 9% 22% 22% 20% 7% 7%

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

Performance 0% 0% 7% 0% 22% 22% 30% 11% 7%

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

Performance 6% 0% 7% 19% 24% 21% 10% 10% 1%

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

Performance 0% 9% 7% 25% 14% 20% 14% 9% 2%

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

Year 3 Performance 0% 4% 9% 15% 15% 13% 22% 17% 4%

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PAT Listening Comprehension 2015 - waikanae.school.nzWaikanae School Listening Comprehension Progress and Achievement Test Analysis February 2015 Page 2 PAT Listening Information Sheet