Australian education in long-term decline due to poor curriculum, report says

Students are learning about half the science content of school systems in similar countries, consulting group has found

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A complete overhaul of Australia’s curriculum is needed to reverse a long-term decline in international education test results, a new report suggests.

The findings, released by education research and consulting group Learning First on Monday, benchmarked Australia’s science curriculum against seven comparable education systems: England, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, the US and the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Quebec.

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