Teachers face NAPLAN-style numeracy & literacy tests

<h2>Teaching students are required to pass a literacy and numeracy test with a score that puts them in the top 30 percent of the Australian adult population&period; Does it amount to anything&quest;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>In 2018&comma; 90&period;4 percent of teaching students met the literacy standard and 90 percent of students met the numeracy benchmark&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Victoria was the first state to prevent teaching students who failed or missed the mark on these tests from teaching in schools&period; By 2020&comma; all states will follow suit&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s a controversial move&comma; particularly as the tests are based on Year 9 NAPLAN exams&period;  Being a good teacher comes down to more than baseline skill in two learning areas but it seems the federal government is dead-set on following the initiative through&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This week&comma;  Minister for Education Dan Tehan released a statement saying that the test was working as intended by ensuring that graduate teachers had a high level of the essential skills needed to teach children&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Our Government recognises the difference high quality teachers make to a child’s education&period; That is why we introduced a mandatory literacy and numeracy benchmark for teaching graduates&period; As the latest test results show&comma; ensuring teachers meet the prerequisite standard is as important as ever&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We have also introduced a high-quality teaching performance assessment that students must pass prior to graduation that demonstrates graduate teachers are classroom ready&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Our Government will also ensure phonics is included in university teaching courses so that new teachers can use it in the classroom as well as investing &dollar;15 million in Teach for Australia to train more high-achieving teachers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Higher education providers need to take responsibility for the teaching students that do not meet the standards by ensuring they receive additional support to improve their literacy and numeracy skills&period; The onus is on universities to ensure the graduates they are producing meet the high standards expected by parents and the standards that our children deserve&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;In September I wrote to all vice-chancellors to remind them of their obligations to support students they enter into initial teacher education degrees to meet the test standard&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;