New South Wales NAPLAN shows reading, writing decline

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published August 3, 2016

The NSW education minister says students are "heading in the right direction" despite preliminary NAPLAN results showing reading and writing skills have deteriorated.

SYDNEY, Aug 3 - Preliminary NAPLAN data, released on Wednesday, show an Australian-wide plateau in literacy and numeracy skills.

NSW results ...

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