National test results paint grim picture for NT

Lydia Lynch
Updated December 13 2017 - 3:18pm, first published 1:39pm
TEST TIME: More than 30 per cent of NT Year 5 students do not read to a satisfactory level.
TEST TIME: More than 30 per cent of NT Year 5 students do not read to a satisfactory level.

Less than half of Year 9 boys in the NT meet minimum reading standards, according to latest NAPLAN results. 

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Lydia Lynch

Lydia Lynch

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