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Erica Stanford: Education Minister on the NCEA prerequisite test failure rates

Published: Aug. 28, 2024, 8:05 p.m.

The Education Minister says NCEA results are disappointing. \xa0

More than half of the 55 thousand teens who attempted the new NCEA prerequisite tests failed their numeracy assessment.\xa0

Reading had a pass rate of 59%, while 56% of the students passed writing.\xa0

The Government's aiming for 80% of Year eight students to be at or above curriculum level by 2030.\xa0

Education Minister Erica Stanford told Mike Hosking this will take some time.\xa0

She says there's a whole range of levers they're pulling to make sure primary school kids are learning structured maths and literacy.\xa0

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