Teachers 'infuriated' by proposed year 1 tests

By Pallavi Singhal
Updated September 19 2017 - 1:08pm, first published 11:55am
Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham, Minister for Education. Picture: Louie Douvis .
Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham, Minister for Education. Picture: Louie Douvis .

National and NSW teachers' unions and education experts have strongly criticised federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham's plan to introduce literacy and numeracy checks for all year 1 students, and say that it involves importing a test that has failed to improve reading skills in British primary schools.

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