Adrian Piccoli, The Age, 30 Nov 2018. NAPLAN and the publishing of school-by-school reslts on the MySchool website started out as relatively harmless, but has turned into a wrecking ball for Australian education. Read the article here
Archive | NAPLAN
Where you live is determining your school’s NAPLAN score
The Age, 27 Nov 2018. New analysis by Macquarie University has found that the area in which a student goes to school is one of the clearest predictors of Year 5 NAPLAN reading scores, painting a stark picture of Australia’s socio-educational divide. Read the article here
NAPLAN stress led to Year 5 student’s attempted suicide
ABC News, 24 Sept 18. An ACT inquiry into NAPLAN was told of a Year 5 student’s attempted suicide. Read the article here
NAPLAN results delayed over concerns data could be invalid
ABC News, 8 Aug 2018. ACARA assured us that the online results and test paper results would be comparable, but that assurance is now under question. The mess continues! Read article here
NAPLAN social security media security lapse to be investigated
The West Australian, 17 May 2018. Photos of the topic set for the writing assessment were posted on social media. Read the article here
Let’s abandon NAPLAN – we can do better
The Conversation, 16 May 2018. With calls for a review, many experts are calling the future of NAPLAN into question. Read the article here. (The warnings we placed on this site 10 years ago have come true.)
Drumbeat to ditch NAPLAN is growing louder – and rightly so
Sydney Morning Herald, 6 May 2018. After 10 years, virtually everyone who actually understands NAPLAN opposes it. NAPLAN has not achieved its aims and damaged education in the process. Read the article here
NAPLAN being used, abused and must be urgently dumped
Sydney Morning Herald, 3 May 2018. NSW Minister Stokes will push for the urgent dumping of NAPLAN. Read the article here
Problems with NAPLAN writing test
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7 reasons people no longer want to be teachers
The Conversation, 16 April 2018. There has been an alarming drop in first preference applications for teacher preparation courses. There are at least 7 reasons why people don’t want to be teachers any more. Read the article here