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Australian school students with English as a second language are outperforming their peers

The NAPLAN National Report has outlined how Australian kids fared in the annual test.

The NAPLAN National Report has outlined how Australian kids fared in the annual test. Source: AAP

An uptick in the quality of Australian students' writing is giving education experts hope and underlines the value of national testing.


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By Stergos Kastelloriou, Amelia Dunn

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An uptick in the quality of Australian students' writing is giving education experts hope and underlines the value of national testing.


School students from a language background other than English (LBOTE) are "outperforming" their native English speaking peers in NAPLAN, according to the latest data.

The national NAPLAN report provides further information on how Australian students fared on last years' tests - depending on gender, language, and socio-economic background.

Read more here.


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