A year 9 student’s results in NAPLAN writing is a better predictor of Higher School Certificate success than their numeracy or reading mark, an internal analysis of HSC and NAPLAN data by the ...

NAPLAN scores are a big talking point every year. Earlier this year, more than 4 million students across the country sat the tests, which assess the reading, writing, numeracy and spelling skills ...

In comparison, an average of 1.7 per cent of girls were at or below the minimum standard in year 3 over the past 12 years of NAPLAN testing, compared with nine per cent in year 9, data reported in ...