Opinion: Reading got a revolution. Math deserves one, too

States have embraced literacy reform and experienced real gains. It’s time to bring that same urgency and practicality to ...
Yahoo Finance

Fraser Institute News Release: Only about half of B.C.’s grade 10 students wrote mandatory student assessments in 2019/20, with majority not proficient in numeracy

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Only half of B.C.’s grade 10 students wrote mandatory literacy and numeracy assessments in 2019/20, with 60 per cent of those students ...
FE WeekOpinion

Functional skills maths isn’t functional, and everyone knows it

I was not surprised to hear that the curriculum and assessment review’s final report said it heard “overwhelmingly” from ...
EurekAlert!

Creativity boosts NAPLAN literacy and numeracy scores

When ‘Elephant’ toothpaste erupts from the science lab, history deals up Pokémon playing cards, and maths bakes a batch of chocolate brownies, it might seem like chaos. Yet, a groundbreaking study ...
Bizcommunity

First QEF Maths Common Assessment Paper launches

Queenstown Education Foundation is a non-profit company aimed at transforming the Eastern Cape town of Komani (formerly known as Queenstown) into a universally-recognised centre of educational ...
Newswire

Numeracy skill development, assessment in Ontario higher education doesn't add up

TORONTO, Sept. 25, 2014 /CNW/ - At a time when numeracy is an essential skill for work and life in general, the development and assessment of numeracy skills in Ontario's college and university ...
Education Week

How Australia Developed a National Curriculum and Assessment System

In studying the world’s top-performing education systems, I have had the privilege of meeting some of the leading international experts in standards, curriculum development, assessments, and teacher ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Year 1 students could soon have to do a new reading and maths test

All year one children across the country could soon have to do a new reading and maths test, under recommendations laid out by a Government-appointed panel. Panel was appointed by Education Minister ...
The Irish News

New literacy and numeracy assessments to be introduced in Northern Ireland schools

A new system of assessments used in countries including the US and Japan is to be trialled in the north’s schools. Education Minister Paul Givan has announced new arrangements for Key Stage ...
Perth Now

Maths and literacy test scores reveal WA public school kids more ‘at risk’ than private school kids

But Education Minister Peter Collier has not backed away from mandatory literacy and numeracy assessments – saying they would prepare students “for life beyond compulsory education” and ensure the WA ...
Gov

The Power of Literacy and Numeracy

MARAWI CITY (PIA)–Literacy is a powerful tool against poverty. One of the objectives of the Childhood Rescue Project is to assist its partners in developing and contextualizing tools that can identify ...