Territory at bottom of class in national schools tests
Natasha Robinson; 13/9/08
Northern Territory school students have slipped behind the rest of the nation’s children in reading, writing and numeracy, with a third of children in Years 3, 5 and 7 failing to meet the national benchmark for reading. The first nationally compared literacy and numeracy results confirm the extent of the crisis in indigenous education in the Territory. They show that the Territory is producing fewer numbers of high-achieving students than other states. The National Assessment Program summary report, released yesterday, reveals that 36per cent of Territory students in Year 5 failed to achieve the nationally accepted minimum level of achievement in reading, and 33 per cent of Year 5 students did not reach the national benchmark for writing.
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24338188-5013404,00.html
Tags: Aboriginal, Australia, Children