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好事者出现的很快，今天的SMH有了NSW的小学和中学的MY SCHOOL名单（如果你愿意把它们叫做排名也行）。
Local primaries go head to head with high-rollers
ANNA PATTY EDUCATION EDITOR
January 29, 2010
THE My School website is pitting the likes of the Scots College against Newtown North Public, Trinity Grammar with Bulli and Kiama high schools and Concord West Public with The King's School and Kincoppal-Rose Bay.
The school results data, which went online yesterday, provide the first statewide comparison of primary schools, based on their results in last year's national literacy and numeracy tests in years 3 and 5.
St Francis of Assisi Primary School in Paddington ranked first, followed by St Mary's Preparatory School in North Sydney, Artarmon Public School, John Colet School in Belrose and Woollahra Public School.
Primary schools A-Z
Secondary schools A-Z
Top of the class - the 50 top primary and secondary schools by key measures
Twenty public selective schools dominate the rankings, along with the selective private school Sydney Grammar.
A number of independent girls' schools, including Queenwood and Ascham, follow closely.
James Ruse Agricultural High, which dominates HSC performance lists, is placed first for numeracy, grammar, spelling and reading. But when it comes to writing, James Ruse is nudged into second place by the selective school St George Girls High.
Primary and secondary principals complained yesterday that the measure of social disadvantage, on which groups of ''statistically similar'' schools were based, had allowed for some unfair comparisons.
The president of the NSW Primary Principals' Association, Geoff Scott, said the omission of each school's financial resources was a big flaw in the database.
''That has such a huge impact on schools such as mine in Blacktown South,'' he said.
''We struggle to get money in this school for 800 kids.''
Jim McAlpine, head of the Secondary Principals Council, said: ''ICSEA [the Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage] might be a good measure of educational advantage, but it is not a good way of describing schools that are similar.''
Tim Hawkes, the headmaster of The King's School, described the index as ''a secret herbs and spices thing''. While it was easy to find absurdity in comparing public schools with wealthier ones, he said the ''far greater absurdity is having selective schools compared with non-selective schools''.
Peter Hill, chief executive of the Australian Curriculum Assessment Reporting Authority, said the index was an accurate predictor of performance based on National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy tests.
''It is one of the best predictors of results we've ever had,'' he said. ''Because we don't have lots of detailed background information on every student in Australia, we make use of ABS data related to the census collection district in which the student lives.''
But Mr Hill said there were some exceptions - including remote schools in the Northern Territory where the index was skewed by a wealthy cattle station near an Aboriginal community.
Angelo Gavrielatos, president of the Australian Education Union, said schools were threatened by league tables ''driven by totally bizarre mind-boggling school comparison data''.
''If this is transparency, heaven help us,'' he said. |
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