CIS Newsletter – EOFY

Count on CIS to bring early numeracy screening to Australia

Australia has a maths problem — and it’s not just in high school classrooms. Evidence suggests that the roots of poor mathematics achievement stretch back to the start of students’ learning.

Only 1 in 5 students who fall behind in maths are ever able to catch up. This leads to struggles with maths that only compound throughout children’s education and risk leaving them with Maths Anxiety, a condition where fear of doing maths results in children and adults performing poorly on maths assessments.

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