NAPLAN Returns, But Remote Australia's Learning Gap Refuses to Close

As NAPLAN 2026 testing opens, data from ACARA shows remote students still trail metropolitan peers by up to two years of learning. What will change this time?

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Australia's Maths Crisis Starts in Kindergarten. The Fix Might Too.

A third of Year 3 students miss numeracy standards. Educators at the SMH Schools Summit heard how fixing early maths could be more affordable than we think.

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@independentpen @donni

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.
#NAPLAN #AusPol #TeachTheCurrriculum #OutcomeBasedCurriculum
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-31/a-third-of-school-students-still-failing-in-literacy-and-numerac/105591626

A third of school students still failing in literacy and numeracy

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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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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.

#AusPol #NAPLAN

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-31/addressing-declining-naplan-results-literacy-numeracy/105589422?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

More resourcing, professional development for teachers could help improve NAPLAN results

After 17 years of NAPLAN testing, Australia is yet to see a big turnaround in results — so what can be done to improve them?

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@augieray

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

NAPLAN results again show one-third of students aren't meeting literacy and numeracy expectations amid calls for urgent change

The annual test of literacy and numeracy for students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9 shows some isolated improvements but largely stable results.

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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?

#NAPLAN

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

The annual test of literacy and numeracy for students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9 shows some isolated improvements but largely stable results.

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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/

Naplan discriminates against many children #auspol #Australia #Education #Naplan
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