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Testing teachers' basic literacy and numeracy skills is pointless

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Results from the trial literacy and numeracy test for initial teacher education students are in. The tests were sat by 5,000 volunteers across the country, with 92% passing in literacy and 90% in the numeracy component.

The test contains 130 items, including reading comprehension, technical writing...

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Response from Cory Bernardi's spokesperson

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor

When contacted for comment about this FactCheck, a spokesperson for Senator Cory Bernardi wrote back with this response.

“Sources to substantiate the Senator’s statements include Andrew Harper (UNHCR country director) comments made on the ABC PM program:

ANDREW HARPER: When people are talking about focusing only on minorities,...

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