Manaiakalani Achievement Challenge #2

Manaiakalani Achievement Challenge #2 

Lifting the achievement for boys' writing Years 1-10.

At the end of 2018 after 2 years at school, 80% of our Male students were working within beginning level 1 in Writing. This is lower than the "At Level 1' expected after 2 Years at school.

Furthermore, when you look at the data collected by Manaiakalani you can see the disparity between girls achievement and boys. 

Graph 1 and Graph 2

There is a large disparity between Year 2 Female Students who are progressing at a comparable rate to the norm and at a higher level than the norm, and Year 2 Male Students progressing at a slower rate and at a level well below the norm. Why is there such disparity? What has been working for girls within their first two years of schooling and not working for boys?

The second graph breaks down this data further into ethnic groupings.

This shows a large disparity between Year 2 Maori and Asian Students progressing at a comparable rate to the norm and at a slightly higher level and Year 2 Pasifika Students who are progressing at a slower rate at a level well below the norm.

Manaiakalani across school data also shows that Male Students are achieving at a lower level than expected. However, our school data is significantly lower than the across school data.

This is why I have chosen to focus on Lifting The Achievement For Boys' Writing In Years 1-10. With the specific focus on lifting the achievement of boys' writing in Years 1-3.