In Australia, as in other countries, school students participate in national literacy and numeracy testing with the resulting reports being sent to teachers and school administrators. In this study, the Theory of Planned Behaviour provides a framework for examining teachers’ perceptions of factors influencing their intention to engage with these data. Most teachers perceived the data to be useful, but there were some negatively held views. For both primary and secondary teachers, males were more positive and had weaker perceptions of barriers to their use of data from system reports compared to females. Teachers who had studied statistics at the post-secondary level and/or attended relevant professional learning generally felt more capable of using the data, and senior teachers and principals were more favourably disposed to using these kinds of statistical reports. Many teachers had concerns about the timeliness of the data’s release and the effort required to interpret them.

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Keywords:	aAttitudes, behavioural change, factor analysis, national competency tests, statistics, teachers
Research Division:	Education
Research Group:	Education systems
Research Field:	Teacher education and professional development of educators
Objective Division:	Education and Training
Objective Group:	Schools and learning environments
Objective Field:	Policies and development
UTAS Author:	Chick, H (Associate Professor Helen Chick)
ID Code:	87657
Year Published:	2013
Web of Science® Times Cited:	11
Deposited By:	Education
Deposited On:	2013-11-29
Last Modified:	2014-05-02
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