Tasmanian NAPLAN results show improvement

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published August 5, 2015

Tasmania's NAPLAN results show an improvement across the majority of areas for the state's primary and secondary students.

HOBART, Aug 5 - About 25,000 students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 across state, Catholic and independent schools ...

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