Norms available within the One-Click Reports
The TTFM Norm to the left of the bar graph was updated in 2024 using Australia-wide data. The norm for each sex is also included in its own smaller horizontal bar graph. The norm in the vertical bar graphs of One Click Reports represents the norm for each applicable year.
Norms available within Thematic Reports
The norms available within the Thematic Reports represent students of equivalent year levels assessed in the school or system.
Norms available within Interactive Charts (National and State lines)
The national and state lines in the Interactive Charts are compiled with median scores of an entire primary or secondary school and applies only to the overall mean results (not to drill-downs).
The dark purple line shows the national median for a given measure. The shaded purple area above and below the line represents the distribution of schools above and below the national median. The area above the line represents how tightly the closest 25% of schools fall above the median, and the area below represents the 25% closest who fall below. Therefore, the purple area is an indicator of not just the national median value, but how closely the national population tends to conform to that median.
The same is true for any applicable state line.
Replica School line
The replica line is available for comparison purposes with the Roll-Up Interactive and Interactive Charts.
The replica line compares similar populations of students based on where they fit in on a scale of year, sex and socioeconomic indicators. We use the results for those indicators to see where your school "fits in" on the scale and then compare it to the aggregated results of other schools that fit into the same place. The replica line is a way to make comparisons between populations with similar socioeconomic compositions – apples to apples.