NAPLAN Returns, But Remote Australia's Learning Gap Refuses to Close
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NAPLAN Returns, But Remote Australia's Learning Gap Refuses to Close
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Australia's Maths Crisis Starts in Kindergarten. The Fix Might Too.
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The suggested "teach it as theory" approach doubtless works perfectly for cats. But is failing dreadfully when used to teach literacy to Australian school children.
"Today we are learning the writing process."
Edit: Anyone can see that, "Today we are learning to forge sick notes" will work better for children.
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-31/a-third-of-school-students-still-failing-in-literacy-and-numerac/105591626
Which is Australia’s smartest state or territory? – Crikey
Which is Australia’s smartest state or territory? CrikeyGirls top NAPLAN across government, private and Catholic schools in Victoria The AgeWhy…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/300764/
Could a new federal education super commission be the answer to addressing public school drop out rates?
Dropout rates are rising. Test scores are falling. And the divide between rich and poor students is widening.…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/111901/
This is the inconvenient part. When we look at conditions associated with better results in education, they are tied partly to schools’ resourcing (funny how chronic underfunding erodes capacity) & partly to context outside the education budget.
We see the consequences of decades of policies designed to enrich the few & screw the poor.
Thank you, as ever.
The latest #NAPLAN (Australian National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy) results have just come out here. They're not good.
You can NOT tell me that #COVID19 isn't a huge part of this.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-30/naplan-national-testing-results/105581218
The fact that the majority of these kids have had #COVID19 at least once will absolutely have something to do with it.
They've been off school due to illness, they have #COVIDbrain, their teachers have been off with #COVID19. All of this and more.
Why are we ignoring this?
Why?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-30/naplan-national-testing-results/105581218
NAPLAN results again show one-third of students aren’t meeting literacy and numeracy expectations amid calls for urgent change
One third of Australian students aren’t meeting “challenging but reasonable” expectations for literacy and numeracy following the third…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/27342/