Most of NSW’s best secondary schools are either prohibitively expensive for all but the wealthiest families, or force ...

Whenever NAPLAN season rolls around, parents and students start to get anxious. Studies have shown that students can feel extra stress around test time and that stress could cause problems for parents ...

Education Minister Rob Stokes announced the change in policy yesterday, revealing that students would no longer be ­required to score in the top three NAPLAN levels (bands 8, 9 and 10) in reading, ...

The latest round of NAPLAN results are out, along with a string of news reports about “students falling behind” and “failing”, and experts sounding the “alarm” about school progress. In March, all ...

Kellie Bousfield does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Some of the state’s best-performing schools have surged up the latest rankings of student literacy and numeracy test results.

John Munro does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

CHILDREN have been left crying, feeling sick and unable to sleep in the lead-up to their NAPLAN tests, parents say. But despite many of their children showing signs of stress and anxiety, most mums ...

Students taking part in the NAPLAN tests today have been grappling with technical issues, with some systems going offline for about 30 minutes. It is understood not all students were impacted by the ...