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Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Students are preparing to sit national literacy and numeracy tests which for the first time will be held across the country at the same ...

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Prospective teachers are to be tested for competence in literacy and numeracy in a pilot project announced by the Scottish government. Those who fail the tests in basic skills will be offered extra ...

935 non-literate candidates (aged above 15 years) from 70 registered training facilities in the twin-city appeared for the annual Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Assessment Test (FLNAT) which was ...

A ministerial advisory group wants annual “checkpoint” literacy and numeracy tests for all children. It has also recommended grammar and handwriting lessons, including cursive handwriting, in primary ...

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As 1.3 million students prepare to sit the tests this week, Queensland Teachers’ Union (QTU) president Cresta Richardson predicted that many parents would pull their children out of the tests. “This ...

Barely half the teenagers who tried to pass the critical NCEA literacy and numeracy benchmark via online tests this year have succeeded, final results indicate. The Qualifications Authority has ...