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1. Introduction to Gender Differences in Computer and Information Literacy -- 2. Data and Methods Used for ICILS 2013 -- 3. Student Achievement and Beliefs Related to Computer Information Literacy -- 4. Students' Interest and Enjoyment In, and Patterns of Use of ICT -- 5. Teacher Gender and ICT -- 6. What have we learned about gender differences in ICT? -- References

This report presents the findings of the 2013 National Assessment Program – Civics and Citizenship (NAP – CC) and is conducted under the auspices of the Standing Council on School Education and Early Childhood (SCSEEC) Education Council. Under the National Assessment Program, the Civics and Citizenship sample assessment is administered to a representative sample of Year 6 and Year 10 students on a triennial cycle. After three rounds of assessments – which were undertaken in 2004, 2007 and 2010 – this report looks at the 2013 assessment and examines emerging trends. The National Assessment Program – Civics and Citizenship measures not only students' skills, knowledge and understandings of Australia's system of government and civic life but also student attitudes, values and participation in civic-related activities at school and in the community. NAP – CC is the first NAP sample assessment to be trialled and delivered to students online. This is a significant milestone for national assessment in Australia and the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA).

This report presents the findings of the National Assessment Program – Civics and Citizenship conducted under the auspices of the national council of education ministers, the Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (MCEECDYA) in 2010. Under the National Assessment Program, assessment of civics and citizenship is conducted with a random sample of Year 6 and Year 10 students on a triennial cycle. This is a report of the third such assessment. The National Assessment Program – Civics and Citizenship measures not only students' skills, knowledge and understandings of Australia's system of government and civic life but also their attitudes, values and participation in civic-related activities at school and in the community. The 2010 assessment framework was influenced by the release of the national Statements of Learning for Civics and Citizenship in 2006 and the Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians in 2008. As a consequence, the 2010 assessment was broader than those in 2004 and 2007 but also provided a strong link to those prior assessments to allow reporting of trends over time.

Intro -- Foreword -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Tables -- Figures -- Executive Summary -- About the study -- Data -- Computer and information literacy -- The construct -- Assessing computer and information literacy -- The computer and information literacy scale -- Variations in student achievement on the CIL scale -- Variations across countries -- Factors associated with variations in CIL -- Student use of ICT -- Computer use outside school -- Use of ICT for school work -- Teacher and school use of ICT -- Teacher use of ICT -- School-based ICT provision and use -- Conclusion -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Background -- Research questions -- Participating countries, population, and sample design -- Population definitions -- Sample design -- The ICILS assessment framework -- The computer and information literacy framework -- The ICILS contextual framework -- The wider community level -- The national (system) level -- School/classroom level -- Home level -- Individual level -- Data collection and ICILS instruments -- Report context and scope -- Chapter 2: The Contexts for Education onComputer and Information Literacy -- Introduction -- Collecting data on contexts for CIL education -- Characteristics of the education systems in participatingICILS countries -- Infrastructure and resources for education in CIL -- Approaches to CIL education in ICILS countries -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Students' Computer and InformationLiteracy -- Assessing CIL -- The CIL described achievement scale -- Example ICILS test items -- The five discrete task items -- Example ICILS large-task item -- Comparison of CIL across countries -- Distribution of student achievement scores -- CIL relative to the ICT Development Index and national student-computer ratios -- Pair-wise comparisons of CIL -- Achievement across countries with respect to proficiency levels.

Under the National Assessment Program, the Civics and Citizenship sample assessment is administered to a representative sample of Year 6 and Year 10 students every three years. It is conducted under the auspices of the Education Council. The National Assessment Program – Civics and Citizenship assesses students' skills, knowledge and understandings of Australia's system of government, civic institutions and the values which underpin Australia's democracy. It also provides an indication of student attitudes and their engagement in civic-related activities at school and in the community. This report presents the findings of the fifth National Assessment Program – Civics and Citizenship (NAP–CC), which was administered in 2016. It examines emerging trends and identifies the role of the Australian Curriculum for Humanities and Social Sciences and for Civics and Citizenship in supporting the learning of all young Australians. While the report indicates that student performance in Civics and Citizenship at the national level has remained stable for Year 6, performance has fallen for Year 10 students. Despite this particular decline, it is heartening to see an increase in the already high levels of positive attitudes among students toward participation as active citizens. The report also highlights the changing ways in which students are gathering and disseminating information especially through the use of social and digital media.

In 1999, the State, Territory and Commonwealth Ministers of Education, meeting as the tenth Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA), agreed to the National Goals for Schooling in the Twenty-first Century. Subsequently, MCEETYA agreed to report on progress toward the achievement of the National Goals on a nationally-comparable basis, via the National Assessment Program (NAP). As part of NAP, a three-yearly cycle of sample assessments in primary science, civics and citizenship and ICT was established. The three previous cycles of NAP – CC were conducted in 2004, 2007 and 2010. As a result of a 2010 Australian federal government initiative and under the direction of SCSEEC, ACARA was tasked with developing and trialling online (Internet-based) delivery of the national sample assessments in science literacy, ICT literacy and civics and citizenship. The student test and student questionnaire developed for the 2013 NAP – CC were consequently delivered to students online. This is in contrast to the previous three cycles of NAP – CC which were all completed on paper. This report describes the procedures and processes involved in the conduct of the National Assessment Program – Civics and Citizenship (NAP – CC) 2013, the fourth cycle of NAP – CC.