Melbourne's selective-entry schools are scoring well on NAPLAN tests. Picture: Dean Martin Source: The Advertiser
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MELBOURNE'S selective-entry schools have starred in the latest NAPLAN tests.
Data, from the 2012 tests, was published on the My School website.
For year 9 students at government schools, selective-entry schools Mac.Rob Girls' High School, Nossal High School, Melbourne High School and Suzanne Cory High School all excelled.
Glen Waverley Secondary College, Balmoral K-12 Community College and Distance Education Victoria were also among the state's best performers.
At year 3 level, Spotswood Primary School was a frontrunner.
Federal Government analysis of the new data shows that school students in Victoria, New South Wales and Canberra are better at reading and maths than their interstate counterparts.
But Prime Minister Julia Gillard said My School had confirmed that there were still too many students being left behind who did not attain benchmark standards in literacy and numeracy.
The new data showed more Australian students had improved in reading than in numeracy, and that more than 80 per cent of strong reading schools excelled at maths.
"Across Australia, 330 schools improved their standing in both reading and maths for year 3 over the past two years, and 127 schools moved into the highest category for year 5," Ms Gillard said.
She said analysis of a third year of financial data for every school in Australia showed the gap between what was spent on educating students in government and independent schools had continued to widen.
Each of the country's public school students cost $12,034, up from $11,516 in 2010. This compared to $15,182 for independent schools, up from $14,470. Catholic students continue to have the lowest amount spent on them ($11,079, up from $10,405).
The Federal Government said schools taking part in its National Partnerships on Literacy and Numeracy and Low Socio-Economic Schools (SES) had increased the number of students achieving at or above national minimum standards at a greater rate than other schools.
More than 50 per cent of the schools taking part in the Low SES School Communities National Partnership improved their mean scores in year 3 reading, year 5 reading and year 5 numeracy.
The partnerships are aimed at schools that face significant education challenges or that are starting from a lower base than other schools.
Schools Education Minister Peter Garrett said the new data shows that the investments in National Partnerships had worked.
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All data has been drawn from the My School website using publicly available lists of Victorian schools
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