Achievement in reading, writing, language conventions and numeracy 2008

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15 September 2008This year, for the first time, all Australian school students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 undertook the same assessment in reading, writing, spelling, grammar, punctuation, and numeracy. The results in this report show that more than 90 per cent of students in Australia are performing at or above the national minimum standard in each of the key areas and around 80 per cent of students achieved above the minimum standard.

Publication type	Report
Coverage	Australia
Permanent URL	http://www.apo.org.au/node/1652

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