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With NAPLAN numeracy tests just around the corner for Australian school students, parents and teachers are also rushing to use third-party practice tests for last-minute prep.

QUIZ questions can be tricky to complete, and doing a maths test without a calculator is beyond the reach of many.

While the test is geared towards the personal and professional literacy and numeracy skills of teachers, they are approximately the equivalent of a year 10 English standard.

And the numeracy and literacy tests taken by every would-be teacher will be toughened. At present, candidates sit them at the end of their teacher-training course.

Student teachers need to pass a test to put them in the top 30% of Australia’s literacy and numeracy abilities. This test costs more money than some students have and can be discriminatory.

EDUCATION Minister Mary Hanafin is pressing ahead with plans to introduce a national system of standardised tests in literacy and numeracy for all 450,000 primary school pupils "as soon as feasible".

Applicants for teacher training in England will be barred if they fail numeracy and literacy tests three times, say ministers.

Applicants for teacher training in England will be barred if they fail numeracy and literacy tests three times, say ministers.