If we want more Australian students to learn to read, we need regular testing in the early primary years
- Written by: Anika Stobart, Senior Associate, Grattan Institute
When you send your child to school, you expect they will learn how to read. But according to 2023 NAPLAN results, about one-third of Australian school students can’t read at their grade level.
For Indigenous students, students from disadvantaged families, and students in regional and rural areas, it’s more than half.
This is deeply...
