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St Therese Catholic Primary School has recorded consistent improvement over two years in NAPLAN results.

A third of students are falling behind in NAPLAN. Here’s a school that is bucking the trend

Students from migrant families outperformed their Australian-born peers in all year groups and areas tested.

  • Lucy Carroll

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Students can currently complete their schooling without learning the basics of Australia’s democratic system.

The WA year group falling behind in NAPLAN testing

Almost half of students in the year group are not meeting proficiency standards in grammar and punctuation, but for those just a few years older, the NAPLAN results tell a different story.

  • Holly Thompson
While a cyclone bore down on the state’s south-east, a record number of students sat NAPLAN – but other states still have Queensland beat on multiple fronts.

Queensland gets gold star for NAPLAN participation amid cyclone chaos

Queensland recorded its highest NAPLAN participation in years, however it fell behind on several other metrics.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Bethal Primary School principal David Warren with some of the school’s NAPLAN high achievers. Rear from left: Hamza Ghulam, Omer Ghulam and Yasin Coskun. Front: Ayman Alsabri, Zainab Zahra and Mariam Haddad.

Victorian kids the bright sparks as NAPLAN fails to shine

National results in the benchmark test this year remain static, but Victorian students have shown marked improvement.

  • Noel Towell
St Luke’s Grammar, Bayview Prep students Felix, Indiana, Mia, and Sally.

Eleven crucial kindergarten skills that lead to future success

If you want your child to flourish in year 4 science and maths, they need to know 11 key things by the time they start school, new research has revealed.

  • Emily Kowal
McKinnon Secondary College principal Michael Kan, school captains Amelie and Jake and assistant principal Kellie Felmingham.

The Victorian schools where enrolments are booming

Enrolments have more than doubled at some schools over recent years and many others have also experienced rapid growth.

  • Alex Crowe
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Students at six schools this year have been told they must resit the tests.

Number of schools caught by NAPLAN writing scandal grows

Academic integrity experts say the advent of artificial intelligence has made high-stakes tests such as NAPLAN more susceptible to cheating.

  • Christopher Harris
Principals.

Why more than half of Queensland’s principals want to quit – and what it means for our kids

Almost 60 per cent of the Queensland principals who took part in a national survey “often seriously consider” quitting – the worst result in the country.

  • Felicity Caldwell
Students in year 5 at Waverley College will resit their NAPLAN writing test.

The Sydney students forced to take the NAPLAN test again

Some schools were hit by a technical issue which meant they could access predictive text and spellcheck.

  • Christopher Harris
East Brisbane State School Coorparoo Secondary College and Gabba map

More than 100 schools still closed as safety checks continue

Premier David Crisafulli insists principals can make decisions about their schools reopening, saying it was happening quicker than “ever before”.

  • Felicity Caldwell