Vol. 515 No. 2
231 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of psychological assessments of pupils conducted at primary and secondary levels in each of the past four years by his Department's psychological service. [5663/00]
Casework statistics provided by my Department's psychological service for the past four school years are set out in the following statement. Until the school year 1997-98, only the number of referrals received was recorded, without further analysis. Since that time, data on the numbers of assessments, full and partial, have also been collected.
|
School year |
1995/96 |
|
Total no. of referrals (primary) |
1,063 |
|
Total no. of referrals (post-primary) |
1,480 |
|
School year |
1996/97 |
|
Total no. of referrals (primary) |
957 |
|
Total no. of referrals (post-primary) |
1,441 |
|
School year |
1997/98 |
|
Full psychological assessments (primary) |
703 |
|
Assessments of attainments (primary) |
103 |
|
Full psychological assessments (post-primary) |
859 |
|
Assessments of attainments (post-primary) |
245 |
|
School year |
1998/99 |
|
Full psychological assessments (primary) |
1,571 |
|
Assessments of attainments (primary) |
778 |
|
Full psychological assessments (post-primary) |
723 |
|
Assessments of attainments (post-primary) |
399 |
