NAPLAN steady but wide gaps remain

The disruption of the pandemic has not had a major impact on NAPLAN results - but some gaps remain. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Australian students are not showing any signs of a drastic drop in literacy and numeracy originally feared after two years of COVID-19.

But while NAPLAN results are stable, gaps between boys and girls, as well as Indigenous and non-Indigenous students, remain.