Whenever NAPLAN season rolls around, parents and students start to get anxious. Studies have shown that students can feel extra stress around test time and that stress could cause problems for parents ...

Parents had the opportunity to pore over NAPLAN results for their children's school this week, but interpreting the data may ...

A SHOCKING number of Year 9 students in NSW have failed this year’s NAPLAN writing test, continuing an alarming slide in literacy skills that has experts calling for urgent reforms in the classroom. A ...

Lucinda McKnight receives funding from the Victorian Association for the Teaching of English. A report of a review of NAPLAN released in recent days cited the writing part of the test to be the most ...

Primary school kids’ writing skills are in decline statewide, 2025 NAPLAN results have revealed, with Year 5 students falling behind their peers in the grade above.

About 900 kilometres away on Sydney's affluent north shore, Chatswood Primary is another school being celebrated for punching above its weight. There are both striking similarities and drastic ...

Students across Australia in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 are currently sitting for the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests. These tests are supposedly designed to identify ...

NAPLAN scores at primary schools in some of Sydney’s wealthiest suburbs have tanked in the 2025 exams, with student ...

Outer-suburban state school students are surging ahead in reading, writing and numeracy, propelling Victoria to its best-ever ...