Australian Year 4 students have achieved their best ever result in a major international assessment of maths and science. Year 8 students, who also did the test, held steady.

The government is "testing children to death" with the announcement of a new maths test for ... and $40m over four years for small group maths tutoring for up to 34,000 children in Year 7-8 ...

Australia's 2023 year 4 science results were by far its best test outcome and improved compared to 2019, leading to a ranking of 8 out of 58. "Our science score is a B-plus.

She said $40m would be spent on small group maths tutoring for up to 34,000 children in Year 7-8 each year. Stanford said the government would spend $4m to develop and introduce a tests schools ...

Take this maths quiz to see how you compare to Year 8 standard. (ABC NEWS: Evan Young) ... Have a crack at these questions for Year 8 students and see how you compare.

The global TIMSS test found that 64 per cent of Australia’s year 8 students were proficient in maths – well above the inter­national median result of 55 per cent – but Australia trails ...