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

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

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

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

The report found that in the 2019 NAPLAN, LBOTE students outperformed non-LBOTE students in spelling for all four year levels (year 3, 5, 7, and 9), and in numeracy in years 5 and 7.

Read the full article in English here. 

The head of national testing authority ACARA, David de Carvalho, described the results as a national upward movement.

AAP