{"id":33975,"date":"2025-07-31T05:09:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T19:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=33975"},"modified":"2025-07-31T05:09:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T19:09:00","slug":"labor-fails-third-naplan-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/07\/31\/labor-fails-third-naplan-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor fails third NAPLAN test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The latest NAPLAN results have revealed student outcomes in NSW are stagnating, with no significant improvement under Labor\u2019s watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the Minns Government\u2019s claims of record investment, foundational skills including reading, writing and maths are going backwards, with one in three students failing to meet the baseline standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opposition Leader Mark Speakman said proper support is needed for teachers and kids in the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019ve seen under Labor is a Government that has stripped resources from schools and slashed budgets, which is why we are seeing these results today,\u201d Mr Speakman said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Premier and the Education Minister are always quick to claim things are improving when it comes to teacher vacancies, but student results are going in the wrong direction and that should be the real test.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shadow Education Minister Sarah Mitchell said the Government has cut crucial resources and support over the past two years and it needs a new plan to lift&nbsp;student outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUnder the former Coalition Government, we invested more than $950m in small group tuition to help students catch up, but that was cut down to just $80m this year, which shows this Government just isn\u2019t investing in things we know make a real difference,\u201d Mrs Mitchell said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re not seeing the improvements we should be seeing in our classrooms, and&nbsp;when you\u2019ve got a third of students falling behind something is seriously going wrong.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWithout a plan to lift outcomes, Labor is failing the kids who need help the most and that should be extremely concerning for every parent and student in NSW.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest NAPLAN results have revealed student outcomes in NSW are stagnating, with no significant improvement under Labor\u2019s watch. Despite the Minns Government\u2019s claims of record investment, foundational skills including reading, writing and maths are going backwards, with one in three students failing to meet the baseline standard. Opposition Leader Mark Speakman said proper support &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/07\/31\/labor-fails-third-naplan-test\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Labor fails third NAPLAN test&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33975"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33976,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33975\/revisions\/33976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}