Literacy standards are rising in schools that emphasise the sounding-out of words, but education systems are divided over the focus on phonics.
dropped dramatically between 2019 and 2022 — from 42 per cent to just 4 per cent — with similar turnarounds in writing and spelling.
Public schools in Victoria and the ACT have high levels of autonomy, leaving decisions on curriculums and teacher training up to principals and individual teachers. That version of the national curriculum has removed all references to the cueing system and predictable texts.The Northern Territory education department says it uses a range of methods, such as "inquiry learning and project-based learning, and evidence-based explicit and direct-instructional approaches".
Despite these looming changes, many Australian schools still use — and embrace — a "balanced approach". "There are all sorts of other things: learning to make predictions is very important, learning to read the images that are in a text if it's a picture book," she says.International tests show Australia's literacy levels have not improved in recent years.
Australia's results are worse among older students, with about 40 per cent of Australian 15-year-olds not meeting national proficiency standards in reading in 2018, according to the OECD's Program for International Student Assessment.Zoe, now 12, says her improved reading gives her confidence in other subjects.
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