Australia is Becoming Less Literate as Writing and Literacy Standards Drop Significantly

Australia is Becoming Less Literate as Writing and Literacy Standards Drop Significantly
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Rebecca Zhu
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Australian literacy levels have been in freefall since the turn of the century, and this has resulted in underprepared school leavers and a decline in teacher expertise, according to an analysis by the Centre of Independent Studies.

In their latest paper, authors Deidre Clary and Fiona Mueller found that one in five Year 9 students failed to meet the national minimum writing standard in 2018 when analysing NAPLAN results.