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NAPLAN results show Year 3 students perform better than Year 9 in writing, and it's a worrying trend

  • Written by Stewart Riddle, Senior Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland
NAPLAN results show Year 3 students perform better than Year 9 in writing, and it's a worrying trendWhy should a Year 3 student score higher in writing skills than a Year 9 student?Shutterstock/RimDream

The preliminary 2019 NAPLAN results released this week show a small “upturn” in performance on the writing task.

For each year level, the percentage of students at or above the national minimum standard increased slightly between the...

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