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Almost 20 years of NAPLAN data has revealed something shocking
15 minutes Posted May 19, 2026 at 7:00 pm.
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It’s like clockwork. Every March, countless parents, children and teachers across Australia grip their foreheads, wondering about how their NAPLAN scores measure up.

But now, a new study of our country’s national standardised scholastic test has revealed an unsettling trend.

Today, education reporter Nicole Precel on the educational segregation that is thriving in Australia – and what it will take to fix it.

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