With NAPLAN numeracy tests just around the corner for Australian school students, parents and teachers are rushing to use third-party practice tests. TAKE A SAMPLE TEST Global educational technology ...

THE 45-minute numeracy tests are made up of 12 mental arithmetic questions, each of which has to be answered within 12 seconds, and more complex written problems. Here are five examples: 1. In a class ...

Teachers have told SBS News a new numeracy and literacy test, which one in 10 teaching students failed, is important to maintain basic skills. Teachers have welcomed a new test that will put the ...

The latest results from the national literacy and numeracy tests released today show little improvement in average scores, and falls in numeracy and writing. Year 3 students this year scored higher in ...

COMPULSORY literacy and numeracy tests will ask WA senior students to calculate average temperatures and pinpoint apostrophes in order to graduate. The School Curriculum and Standards Authority today ...

THE National Grade Four Numeracy Test, which has been the source of much angst amongst parents and students alike, is to be revised. The Ministry of Education, following the administration of the test ...

Teenagers could face a numeracy test which looks at their ability to understand real-life situations like working out phone bills and rent, under plans being developed by an exam board. Colin Hughes, ...

Less than half of students passed the writing standard in the third pilot of the new NCEA literacy and numeracy test being introduced next year. While that’s an improvement on the previous trial, ...

ONE in ten student teachers failed the literacy and numeracy test, so we wondered how everyone else would go. We asked four normal South Australians to take part of the test — here’s what happened.

The test for would-be teachers include fractions, percentages, spelling and grammar Students will not be allowed to enter teacher training in England if they fail basic numeracy and literacy tests ...