Literacy

More than 900 Literacy and Numeracy competition entries were completed by students around Australia in Term 4 2023 and Term 1 2024.

Almost 13% of Australia’s year 4 students who took part in an international study said they had ‘never or almost never’ borrowed books from their school or local libraries.

New tool enables countries to report the proportion of children and young people reaching the global minimum proficiency levels in reading and mathematics.

Read our new feature about ground-breaking methods and tools developed by the GEM Centre to enable countries to monitor progress towards SDG 4.

An international survey has found 37% of year 4 students in Australia who participated were experiencing multiple challenges in their school life that affected their reading performance.

With the release of PISA 2022 results this week, students in Singapore have again topped the world. In Australia, results have stagnated after two decades of decline. Is there anything we can learn from Singapore’s schools?