1304.6 - Tasmanian Key Indicators, Dec 2010  
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Source
Tas. value (%)
Aust. value (%)
2010(a)
Reading - proportion of year 5 students at or above national minimum standard
p90.6
p91.3
Writing - proportion of year 5 students at or above national minimum standard
p92.8
p93.1
Numeracy - proportion of year 5 students at or above national minimum standard
p93.1
p93.6
2009
Year 10 to year 12 apparent retention rate (full-time students)(b)
64.1
76.7
p preliminary figure or series subject to revision
(a) 2010 data is preliminary and revisions to both the Tasmanian and Australian figures may occur when the full report on the 2010 NAPLAN results is released in early 2011.
(b) While Tasmanian education underwent a significant restructure of post-year 10 education in 2009, processes were undertaken by the Tasmanian Department of Education to ensure that data provided fully complied with collection definitions. See notes section of Schools, Australia, 2009 (ABS cat. no. 4221.0) for more details.

More Detailed Source Information
National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) 2010 Summary Report, Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (MCEECDYA):http://www.mceecdya.edu.au/
Schools, Australia (ABS cat. no. 4221.0)