Victorian students’ reading scores went backwards amid long remote learning period, international study shows

Progress in international reading literacy study (Pirls) results show Australian students from disadvantaged backgrounds still lag behind national average

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Victorian students were the only Australian cohort to go backwards in a prestigious international reading exam, after experiencing the longest periods of remote learning in the nation.

The 2021 progress in international reading literacy study (Pirls) test, released on Tuesday, measured trends in year 4 students' reading literacy across 57 nations.

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