No surprise there is a focus on literacy. Its worth looking at the achools who are focusing on literacy outcomes Years 7-9 as that will be a major indicator of HSC performance- just ask Ken Rowe! Merry Christmas Chris
Julia Lenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: FYI. Julia Sydney Morning Herald 18 December 2004 In plain English, girls rule the HSC By Kelly Burke, Education Reporter State selective schools and private and public single-sex schools have cemented their places among the top performers in the Higher School Certificate. But if the hierarchy of merit appears entrenched, so does the gender divide, with girls outperforming boys by as much as two to one in scoring 90 or above in the only compulsory HSC subject, English. A Herald analysis of school results, based on the number of students with marks of 90 or more in at least one HSC subject, shows that one-third of NSW's top 30 schools are girl-only, dividing evenly between public and private. Overall, government schools retained their dominance, taking 19 of the top 30 positions. Three of these schools were public comprehensives - Cheltenham Girls' High, Cherrybrook Technology High and, for the first time, St Marys Senior High, whose debut nudged out Killara High. Among the non-government schools, Moriah College, Trinity Grammar and MLC Burwood strengthened their positions, while Ravenswood Girls, Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney and Oakhill College in Castle Hill dropped marginally. The top school remains the co-educational state selective James Ruse Agricultural High, which has been at the top for a decade. With 813 honour rankings in the HSC, James Ruse students achieved 226 more distinctions than its traditional rival, North Sydney Girls. After taking into account that about 2500 more girls sat the HSC than boys, the Herald found that girls were over-represented in the roll of honour by almost 27 per cent. The president of the Board of Studies, Professor Gordon Stanley, said when it came to overall performance across all subjects, just 2 per cent more girls than boys were passing the minimum standard required, as part of a long-standing pattern. Moreover, in high-level mathematics, boys still held their own, with 4.9 per cent of boys scoring 90 or above, compared with 2 per cent of girls. Professor Stanley said girls' stronger performance was part of a worldwide trend: "It's not a new phenomenon and it's present in all education systems." The Education Minister, Andrew Refshauge, said this year's HSC results were the best since the exams were overhauled in 2001, with a record 12,932 students making it onto the distinguished achievers list. Yahoo! Groups Links --------------------------------- Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $4.98 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Q7_YsB/neXJAA/yQLSAA/pyIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boysed/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
