Sally Larsen, EduResearch Matters, 22 May 2023. Despite the disruptions to schooling that came with the covid pandemic, the PIRLS results show NO DECLINE in the average score for Australian students since the previous testing in 2016. Despite this, the major newspapers still found something negative to write.
Martina Tassone, The Conversation, 24 Nov 2021. Children go from playing to being tested in the blink of an eye. This abrupt change in young children’s education is problematic and ignores the research.
EducationHQ, Sarah Duggan, 10 Sept 2020. Professor Sahlberg likens the new ANSA proposal – the latest NAPLAN reform being pushed by NSW, and ACT, Victoria and Queensland – as akin to rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
Sydney Morning Herald, 13 Dec 2019. Richard Holden and Adrian Piccoli. A back to the basics response to PISA ignores the fact that PISA is about 15 year olds and that NAPLAN data show “the basics” have improved.
Peter Goss, The Conversation, 11 Nov 2019. Big gains to Year 5 evaporate by Year 7. This rules out poor early reading instruction as a cause. This reading problem isn’t about phonics, but a failure to stretch students in upper primary school.
Adam Voigt, The Age, 28 Aug 2019. NAPLAN is dead. It has been for years. Publishing the data creates an environment of competiton and fear across our education sector, instead of sharing. Read the article here
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