NSW Records Its Worst Year 9 Reading Score in NAPLAN, But National Results Surprisingly Steady

NSW Records Its Worst Year 9 Reading Score in NAPLAN, But National Results Surprisingly Steady
School students arrive for the first day school in Brisbane, Australia, May 11, 2020. Dan Peled/AAP
Rebecca Zhu
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Preliminary NAPLAN results were released today revealed that Australia’s overall education performance has remained steady, but New South Wales (NSW) Year 9 students recorded the worst results in reading since the testing system began.

One in ten students failed to reach the national minimum standard (NMS) for reading, putting the NSW Year 9 cohort behind Victoria and Western Australia.