This article from The Age reports a slightly worrying finding in regards to teachers in Australia.
Almost one in 10 trainee teachers fails to meet literacy and numeracy standards required for graduation, prompting an internal government report to call for the tests to be held at the beginning of the degree so students don’t waste their time.
The report recommends that students sit the test before they begin the degree rather than keeping it as a requirement for graduating.
It argued the change would raise the public status of the teaching profession and let universities focus on teaching rather than getting students ready for the LANTITE. It would also stop some students wasting years and money.
It may also be the case that the test is not giving a very useful metric of what makes a good teacher. It would be quite shocking if these results were from Maths and English teachers. However for some other subjects such as art, ability in these skills seems less important.
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