Students' science levels are dropping ... with four out of five kiwi kids entering high school with below par knowledge
Students' science levels are dropping ... with four out of five kiwi kids entering high school with below par knowledge
4 December 2018
The latest national monitoring study of student achievement has found 94 percent of Year 4 students were meeting the expected standard in science.
But only 19 percent of kids in Year 8, were up to the mark.
President of the Auckland Primary Principals' Association Helen Varney says the information's taken them by surprise.
She says it's a very disturbing percentage drop.
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