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Don't miss out on the headlines from Central Queensland. Followed categories will be added to My News. The performance in reading of all age groups also again fell, in line with how far those children ...

Laura Scholes receives funding from the Australian Research Council and is the current recipient of a Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA). Year 3 reading outcomes of 2017 NAPLAN testing once ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The NAPLAN writing test has damaged students’ skills, cornered teachers into promoting formulaic methods and will soon be made redundant ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Almost 70 per cent of year 9 students in NSW will need to sit an extra reading, writing or numeracy test to be eligible for their HSC, ...

NAPLAN results reveal a major performance gap between boys and girls in reading in year nine but there is one measurement where the boys outperform the girls. While female students have better reading ...

Indigenous students have made significant gains in reading a writing and numeracy, but the literacy gap between their non-Indigenous peers isn't expected to close until next century. The 2018 NAPLAN ...

As 1.3 million students start sitting the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy tests on Tuesday, one in three children from the poorest families will stay home. Well-heeled parents are ...

“Today’s results once again show that, despite significant funding growth, we are not getting sufficient improvements in student outcomes,” Senator Birmingham said. “We have excellent schools and ...

The latest NAPLAN results show students' performance has only improved marginally since the tests were first introduced a decade ago. Reading and numeracy have improved since 2008 but writing has ...