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Link Task 1
Approach: Independent
Resources:
Instructions:
Students were asked to write a draft of an imaginative story, with 15 minutes allowed. Several choices of stimulus were given.
  % responses
y4
y8
Good rating, attribute 1
2
3
4
5 
27
27
13
14
6
65
66
47
37
32
Spelling- percent correct: 95–100
90–94
80–89
70–79
50–69 
<50 
24
27
25
14
8
2
68
22
8
1
1
0
Commentary:
There was a large improvement in spelling accuracy from year 4 to year 8, with 90 percent of year 8 students spelling at least 90 percent of their words correctly.

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Link Task 2
Approach: Station
Resources:
Instructions: Students were asked to add text to a picture.
 
% responses
y4
y8

Good rating, attribute: 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

95
96
95
91
21
13
11
79

98
98
98
96
53
39
33
86

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Link Task 3
Approach: Station
Resources:
Instructions: Students were asked to write responses to three written statements.
 
% responses
y4
y8
Overall score: 13–16
9–12
5–8
0–4 
0
22
69
9
9
54
33
4

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