"Troubling" NAPLAN participation rate among SA children in care

South Australia is failing young people in care by not ensuring more participate in the NAPLAN, the state’s Guardian for Children says, following the release of data showing only half of Year 9 students under the guardianship last year sat the national test.

After 10 years, what does NAPLAN reveal?

This year’s preliminary NAPLAN results show Australian students are flatlining after 10 years of the controversial tests, writes Glenn C. Savage.

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Migrant parents show the way to better Australian school results

Australia can learn from migrant families in our efforts to arrest the nation’s falling educational performance, writes Andrea Michaels.