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Australian students going backwards on English

The results of the latest NAPLAN tests have raised a red flag about the reading and writing skills of Australian students.

The writing test results show Years 5, 7 and 9 students were all well below the baseline set back in 2011.

Dr Kevin Donnelly is one of Australia’s leading education academics and he tells Mark it’s time students were made to go back to the basics.

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