TY - Report AU - Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation (NSW) PY - 2016 T1 - How schools can improve literacy and numeracy performance and why it (still) matters PB - Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation (NSW) DO - https://doi.org/APO-235316 UR - https://apo.org.au/node/235316 AB - This paper examines evidence-based practices that can be implemented by schools to enhance literacy and numeracy performance. Educating students in literacy and numeracy is a key responsibility of schools as literacy and numeracy are ‘foundational skills’ that underpin the subsequent development of more complex skills. ER -