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Direct linkCumming, Joy; Kimber, Kay; Wyatt-Smith, Claire – English in Australia, 2011
Attainment of functional English literacy skills by all students has been a focus of Australian national policy since the 1989 Hobart Declaration (MCEETYA, 1989). This focus underpins current educational accountability policy enacted through the National Assessment Program-Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN). The Adelaide and Melbourne Declarations…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy, Accountability, Functional Literacy
Hay, John – Australian Journal of Reading, 1980
Argues that there is no convincing proof from empirical evidence that standards of literacy in Western Australia are worse than they were 25 to 65 years ago. Denounces empirical measures of standards of literacy as profoundly unreliable. (AEA)
Descriptors: Functional Literacy, Literacy, Public Opinion, Reading
Beazley, Kim E. – Australian Journal of Reading, 1980
Comments on literacy data gathered from several surveys and questions whether students are developing sufficient literacy skills. (AEA)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Functional Literacy, Literacy
Liddicoat, Anthony J. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2004
Language planning for literacy has typically focused on models of provision of print-based literacy programmes in order to develop widespread literate capabilities in reading and writing. This paper argues that contemporary literacy planning needs to consider more than models of delivery and engage with issues related to defining the nature of…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Literacy, Functional Literacy, Foreign Countries
