Targeting support for high needs students in primary schools

Australian governments are adding resources to schools to achieve better educational outcomes through a series of National Education Partnerships between the Australian Government and state governments. These initiatives are a response to widespread concerns that too many students finish their schooling without reaching an acceptable standard of literacy and numeracy, especially students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The project investigated how primary schools can most effectively deploy their resources to ensure that low performing students reach nationally acceptable standards in literacy and numeracy. The TRIPS study also investigated the delivery of support to primary school students failing to meet national minimum standards in literacy and numeracy