Teachers face practical classroom tests

Graduating teaching students will have to prove their skills in the classroom and planning real lessons before they can complete their university course.

All new teachers will have to pass classroom-ready tests before graduating from university. (AAP)

All budding teachers will have to pass practical classroom-ready tests before graduating from university under a new federal government plan.

The new assessments will operate from 2018, adding to an existing literacy and numeracy test.

"Graduate teachers deserve to know that they have the skills to succeed in the classroom just as students, parents and principals deserve to know that new teachers have been given the best possible skills," Education Minister Simon Birmingham said on Thursday.