NSW had the best results while more than 30% of students in the Northern Territory failed to meet proficiency standards
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One in 10 students are not meeting Naplan standards in literacy and numeracy and students with high levels of socioeconomic disadvantage are even less likely to be keeping up.
This year’s Naplan test was the first held entirely online in term one, not term two, with tougher proficiency levels and a new measurement scale.
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