Growing numbers of students are typing rather than writing their exams,due to fears their messy or illegible penmanship will hurt their marks.
High school students are being asked “absurd” and “badly worded” questions in NAPLAN’s numeracy exams,but a lack of transparency from the national testing authority is preventing teachers from addressing the issues,an expert says.
South Australia mandated changes to how reading is taught in schools and student achievement soared. WA students deserve no less.
Year 3 students across the state are behind their eastern states counterparts when comparing NAPLAN results.
One in three Australian primary and secondary students cannot read proficiently,limiting their life chances. It’s an appalling deficiency with a costly economic sting.
The $250 million catch-up program in NSW schools after the pandemic had minimal impact on academic improvement and attendance,a report has found.
At Marsden Road Public,its success in literacy begins with the first lesson of the day.
More students have stunted vocabularies,failing to score more than 50 per cent in NAPLAN tests. Are you any better?
Studies suggest there is a material advantage to attending a fee-paying school. But the school itself may not be the critical factor.
Victoria’s top public schools are keeping pace with their private competitors,despite receiving less than half the income per student.
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