Results from the latest international test of 15-year-olds have prompted another round of headlines suggesting there are serious problems with Australia’s academic results. Some outlets reported ...

You've used all of your gift articles. 3 more will become available on the 1st of every month. Australian teenagers have fallen almost two full academic years behind students who went to school in the ...

Australia's reading and maths results in a major international high school test have continued a 20-year decline. Australian 15-year-olds have sat the Programme for International Student Assessment ...

Teenagers have lower comprehension levels than they did last year and their favourite books include the primary school-level Diary of a Wimpy Kid, according to a national report on reading habits of ...

Global research found teenagers across Australia have fallen two years behind the performance of students who sat an equivalent test 20 years ago. Half of our teenagers are now struggling with basic ...

During the summer holiday season, there's nothing like grabbing a good book, heading to a cool, shady spot, and reading a story that takes you into another world. However, with so many digital ...

Queensland Education Minister Grace Grace on Monday announced $35m in funding for a “reading commitment’’ to guarantee that all children are taught to read well in primary school. A phonics check, to ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Results from the latest international test of 15-year-olds have prompted another round of headlines suggesting there are serious problems with Australia's academic results.