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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Sarah Lansdown

The uncomfortable truth behind the ACT's stellar NAPLAN scores

In the ACT, achievement in NAPLAN is mostly determined by when your parents finished their education journey.

If the parents went to university and got a bachelor's degree or higher, their children probably did well.

ACT needs to focus on small group and one-on-one instruction to help students catch up. Picture by Elesa Kurtz
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