澳大利亚最新NAPLAN测试结果显示，全国学生表现存在显著差异。约三分之一的学生未能达到全国识字和计算基准，其中超过40%的学生在语法方面未达标[2]。120多万名学生参加了3月份的测试[2]。
西澳州学生的成绩表现尤为不均衡。三年级学生整体表现不佳，不到一半在语法和标点符号方面达到熟练标准，近20%需要额外支持[1]。西澳州三年级学生在所有测试领域的成绩与2023年相比均有下降[1]。然而该州九年级学生的数学表现突出，71.3%达到熟练标准，为全国最高[1]。
在更广泛的地域对比中，维州学校表现持续超越全国平均水平，连续第二年在写作和计算方面超过所有其他州[2]。地区差距明显，城市地区学生表现优于偏远地区学生；在阅读中，主要城市学校有70%的学生评级为"强"或"超越"，而极偏远学校仅为23.1%[2]。同时，女生在写作中表现超过男生，男生在计算中通常超过女生[2]。
尽管联邦政府推行了证据为基础的教学改革，整体成绩与去年相比基本没有改善[2]。不过，联邦教育部长贾森·克莱尔指出，实施基于证据的教学实践的学校成绩在上升[2]。以Highvale小学为例，其3年级阅读"超越"学生的比例自2023年以来增加了25%，5年级增加了11.3%[2]。
Australia's latest NAPLAN testing data, released on Tuesday evening by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, has unveiled a picture of educational inequality across the country, with West Australian students demonstrating both significant struggles and exceptional performance depending on year level and subject.[1][2]
At the primary level, Western Australia's Year 3 students are lagging behind national standards in critical foundational skills. Fewer than half of Year 3 students in the state have reached proficiency in grammar and punctuation, with approximately 20 percent requiring additional support.[1] Year 3 students in Western Australia have also experienced declining performance across all tested areas compared to 2023.[1] Nationally, the picture is equally concerning, with one-third of Australian students failing to meet literacy and numeracy benchmarks, and more than 40 percent of students falling short in grammar.[2] A total of over 1.2 million students sat the tests in March.[2]
However, Western Australia's secondary students tell a different story. Year 9 students in the state have achieved the nation's highest proficiency rate in mathematics at 71.3 percent, matching the Australian Capital Territory's performance.[1] The ACARA Chief Executive Stephen Gniel has characterized the national decline in Year 3 mathematics as "clearly concerning."[1] Beyond Western Australia, Victoria continues to outperform other states for the second consecutive year, with students scoring above national averages across all subjects, particularly excelling in writing and numeracy.[2] Urban students have also demonstrated substantially stronger results than their counterparts in remote areas, with 70 percent of primary students in major cities rated as "strong" or "exceeding" in reading, compared to just 23.1 percent in very remote schools.[2] Girls have outperformed boys in writing, while boys have typically exceeded girls in numeracy.[2]