Australia has lifted its performance in a global mathematics and science test but disadvantaged,rural and Indigenous students still lag behind other students.
NSW students were hit harder than experts expected by COVID-19,falling up to four months behind in reading and up to three in numeracy.
Education experts warn a patchy approach to teaching keyboard skills and lack of access to computers will make online NAPLAN tests unfair.
The way we teach writing is clearly failing. It's not all down to English teachers. We need to teach school students to write for each subject.
A report says teachers need a new approach and better training to teach this vital skill.
More than four in five teachers in Australian government schools say NAPLAN has failed to improve student outcomes but raised stress in the classroom.
Boys are twice as likely to be at or below national minimum standard (NMS) by age 15 than girls.
An independent review of NAPLAN recommends the test be expanded,moved to earlier in the year and year 10s,not year 9s,should sit for it.
Education ministers representing the country's three biggest states want major changes to NAPLAN,but have stopped short of calling for an end to standardised testing
NAPLAN could be replaced by a new,broader test – called ANSA – under the recommendations of a breakaway review by Victoria,NSW and Queensland.
Researchers have developed a system that predicts students'HSC marks with more than 90 per cent accuracy.