NAPLAN 2015: Literacy, numeracy skills stagnating, focus needed on teen reading

By Henrietta Cook, Eryk Bagshaw
Updated December 13 2015 - 10:28am, first published December 2 2015 - 1:00am
Students at Harrisfield Primary School in Noble Park in Victoria.  Photo: Penny Stephens
Students at Harrisfield Primary School in Noble Park in Victoria. Photo: Penny Stephens

Australian high schools must focus on the reading skills of teenagers if literacy and numeracy results are to improve, the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority has warned.

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