E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on 4BC Drive with Ben Davis Topics: Year 1 literacy and numeracy checks 18/09/2017 03:14PM Ben Davis: Simon Birmingham is the Federal Education Minister. Simon, afternoon, thanks for your time. Simon Birmingham: G’day. Ben Davis: The report that was released today, what’s it show us about Year 1s? Simon Birmingham: Yeah g’day…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on FIVEaa mornings with Leon Byner Topics: Year 1 literacy and numeracy checks; TAFE qualifications 18/09/2017 11:13:AM Leon Byner: So Minister Birmingham, good morning. Simon Birmingham: Good morning Leon. Leon Byner: So you want to introduce this, don’t you? Simon Birmingham: Yes, indeed. Look, we think this is something worth the states,…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Adelaide Topics: Year 1 numeracy and literacy checks 18/09/2017 11:30AM Simon Birmingham: Thanks very much for coming along today. Nothing is more important in our education system than the success of our children, of students. And in school, that starts at the earliest ages, where the building blocks are established upon…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC News Breakfast with Virginia Trioli Topics: Year 1 numeracy and literacy checks; same-sex marriage 18/09/2017 07:32AM Virginia Trioli: Now as we just heard, children as young as five could soon be tested in a national rollout of literacy and numeracy tests for Grade 1 students. Simon Birmingham is the Federal…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC AM with Sabra Lane Topics: Year 1 numeracy and literacy checks; Higher education reforms; Same-sex marriage 18/09/2017 07:10AM Sabra Lane: All grade one students face mandatory testing for literacy and numeracy if the Federal Government adopts the recommendations from a report it commissioned earlier this year. The report released today…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Channel 9 Today with Lisa Wilkinson and Karl Stefanovic Topics: Numeracy and literacy checks for better learning 18/09/2017 06:21am Lisa Wilkinson: Welcome back to the show. All Year 1 students could soon be tested on their reading and maths two years before sitting the NAPLAN test. Education Minister Simon Birmingham joins…
The Turnbull Government has released a landmark report from a panel of principals, teachers, speech specialists, academics and researchers into the need for literacy and numeracy checks for Australian Year 1 students. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the report highlighted that early success in reading and number sense is a powerful predictor…