Kok-Sing Tang receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC). Paul Brown does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit ...

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 ...

AUSTRALIAN school kids are struggling to answer simple maths questions like this. But since you’re an adult, surely you’re up to the task. After more than one million students sat for the National ...

Tutoring services have been busy since January 5 responding to requests from parents wanting to give their children an edge, with ‘NAPLAN ready’ promotions also advertised widely online since the ...

One expert warns it may be perceived as ‘unfair’ that some students undertook test on Wednesday while others didn’t ...

More than 1.3 million Australian students had their first day of NAPLAN testing thrown into chaos, sparking a warning it could create “systemic problems”.