One-in-Five Students Enter High School With Year 4 Level Literacy and Numeracy: Research

One-in-Five Students Enter High School With Year 4 Level Literacy and Numeracy: Research
Year seven students arrive to Elevation Secondary College in Craigieburn, Melbourne, Australia, on Oct. 12, 2020. AAP Image/James Ross
Rebecca Zhu
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One in five students is starting high school with the literacy and maths skills of a Year Four student, says the latest government report outlining Australia’s flunking education system.

The Australian Educational Research Organisation (AERO) has put forward a multi-tiered support system to help high school students, who are without foundational literacy and numeracy skills, catch up to their actual grade level.

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