Contents

• Will large-scale assessments raise literacy standards
  in Australian schools?   
  Kathy A. Mills
• Using Halliday’s functional grammar to examine early years
  worded mathematics texts
  Keiran Abel and Beryl Exley
• “The mouse is not a toy”:
  Young children’s interactions with e-games
  Susan Roberts, Emilia Djonov and Jane Torr
• A case for including popular culture in literacy education
  for young adults with Down syndrome
  Karen B. Moni and Anne Jobling
• Book reviews
  Belinda Beattie, Ian Hay