Tasmanian school children have again performed poorly in the latest round of NAPLAN testing.
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Preliminary results released this morning show that Tasmanian primary and secondary age pupils and students ranked second last in 11 of the 20 testing areas of reading, persuasive writing, spelling, grammar and punctuation and numeracy across the four year groups of grades 3, 5, 7 and 9.
All results except year seven reading were below the national standard.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS
YEAR THREE (* At or above the NMS)
Reading - sixth ahead of NT and WA
Persuasive writing - fourth ahead of Qld, WA, SA, NT
Spelling - seventh ahead of NT
Grammar and punctuation - equal second last with WA, ahead of NT
Numeracy - fifth ahead of WA, SA and NT
YEAR FIVE
Reading - seventh ahead of NT
Persuasive writing - fifth ahead of Qld, SA and NT
Spelling - seventh ahead of NT
Grammar and punctuation - seventh ahead of NT
Numeracy - fifth ahead of WA, SA and NT
YEAR SEVEN
Reading - sixth ahead Qld and NT
Persuasive writing - sixth ahead Qld and NT
Spelling - seventh ahead of NT
Grammar and punctuation - seventh ahead of NT
Numeracy - equal seconast last with SA, ahead of NT
YEAR NINE
Reading - sixth ahead of SA and NT
Persuasive writing - seventh ahead of NT
Spelling - seventh ahead of NT
Grammar and punctuation - seventh ahead of NT
Numeracy - sixth ahead of SA and NT