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.

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.

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.

The move to introduce structural maths for year 0-8 students from term one in 2025 – a year earlier than planned – was the big announcement in Luxon’s speech to the National Party conference ...