US EditionA Third of Students Are Falling Behind in NAPLAN. Here’s a School that Is Bucking the Trend
AUSTRALIA, JUL 29 – Persistent gaps remain for Indigenous, remote, rural, and disadvantaged students, with 10% requiring additional support to meet literacy and numeracy standards, experts say.
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Could do better - NAPLAN results show many children aren't meeting expectations
The latest NAPLAN results have been released providing a snapshot of academic performance across the country. The annual assessment, completed by 1.3 million students in March, shows that many children —particularly from disadvantaged backgrounds—are still falling through the cracks.
One Third of Students Fail to Meet NAPLAN Targets
A third of students across years 3, 5, 7, and 9 have failed to meet the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) benchmarks, with only numeracy showing any sign of improvement. In March, 1.3 million students sat the standardised tests, representing 98.3 percent of those enrolled, the highest participation rate since 2017. The results have now been released by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACAR…
One third of students falling behind, NAPLAN results show
This year's NAPLAN results show roughly one-third of students continue to fall short of key benchmarks in literacy and numeracy.About 10 per cent of students have fallen so far behind that they need additional support, while around one-fifth fell into the category of "developing" the skills needed to meet expectations.NAPLAN tests provide an annual snapshot of how students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9 are performing across the country in literacy and …
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