One in 10 students are falling behind on literacy and numeracy, revamped Naplan finds

Naplan results highlight disparity between metropolitan students and those from non-urban areas, Indigenous Australian heritage and those with low socio-educational backgrounds. Photograph: Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images

One in 10 students are not meeting Naplan standards in literacy and numeracy and students with high levels of socioeconomic disadvantage are even less likely to be keeping up.

This year’s Naplan test was the first held entirely online in term one, not term two, with tougher proficiency levels and a new measurement scale.