The document outlines literacy, numeracy, and key skills targets for students over three years. For literacy, targets include increasing oral presentation confidence, decreasing those who find reading boring, and improving writing standards. Numeracy targets are to increase liking of math, higher level math attempts, and competency in fractions/decimals. Key skills targets include increasing digital technology use to express opinions, demonstrating ability to make connections, and increasing higher order questioning use.

1. Sample Targets Document
Literacy
To increase the number of students who are confident making oral
presentations in class from:
o 35% to 45% year 1
o 45% to 55% year 2
o 55% to 65% year 3
To decrease the number of students who think reading is boring from
35% to 25% over 3 years
To improve standards in effective writing (thoroughness of detail) among
5th year students from 43% to 53% by June 2015
Numeracy
To increase the number of 2nd year students who say they like maths from
23% to 51% over three years
To increase the percentage of post-primary students who attempt higher
level mathematics in Junior Certificate from 40% to 45% by June 2014
80% of all students will demonstrate competency in using fractions and
decimals at the end of first year.
Key Skills
To increase the number of Junior Cycle students who say they use digital
technology to express, share and present opinions from 43% to 75% over
3 years (managing myself)
90% of all JCSA students will demonstrate ability to make connections
between what they know and new information (managing information
and thinking)
To increase the number of students who use higher order questions in
pair work and class work by 15% by June 2017(communication)