Federation Uni is pleased that its teaching grads “excelled” in the national numeracy and literacy tests. Insofar as “excelling” is defined as above average performance in tests to see new teachers are in the top third of the community. What Fed U was too polite to point out is that its grads’ literacy scores were above other Victorian institutions, La Trobe, RMIT, Monash, Swinburne and Victoria U. Fed U had a higher numeracy performance than Deakin, La Trobe RMIT, Swinburne and VU.