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Fewer than 1 in 5 students who are behind in Year 3 catch up and stay caught up

We found less than 1 in 5 students who perform below the national minimum standards in literacy and numeracy in the Year 3 NAPLAN tests catch up and stay caught up.

Masses of exam tables set up ready for test

NAPLAN results inform schools, parents and policy. But too many kids miss the tests altogether

We look at who is not sitting the tests and why that matters.

Two female students and one male student from different cultural backgrounds reading together in a classroom.

Does background determine student achievement?

A new analysis of NAPLAN data reconfirms that while students’ backgrounds influence their literacy and numeracy achievement, their results are not wholly determined by socio-economic background.

3 male students happily conducting a science experiment wearing lab cots and goggles.

There is no such thing as an ‘average’ school

We might associate ‘top schools’ with having the lion's share of academic high-achievers. However, when we look at the distribution of achievement across all students within schools and compare it to average differences between schools, the story is not so straightforward.