Tognolini & Gore, EduResearch Matters, 15 August 2024. Short article, highly recommended. Read here
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Professor Jenny Gore, The Age, 23 Aug 2023. New NAPLAN labels don’t change your children or how they are going at school. About 1 in 10 students are identified as needing additional support, but two-thirds achieved the STRONG or EXCEEDING PROFICIENCY bands.
Madonna King, The New Daily, 23 Feb 2023. NAPLAN has never been diagnostic, but as King points out, it has become a ‘great divider’.
The Age, 4 August 2022. NAPLAN is sapping a generation of students of their capacity for creative writing, a study has found, with the national standardised test accused of rewarding those who produce formulaic writing and penalising creative expression.
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.
Robyn Ewing AM, EducationHQ News, 8 May 2020. Given that research has consistently shown that NAPLAN adversely affects deep learning along with the wellbeing of teachers and students, now would seem to be the time to consider abandoning this high-stakes testing regime altogether.
The Age Editorial, 8 Oct 2019. NAPLAN was plagued this year by technical problems, leaving 50,000 students to resit part of the tests. (It would also help to improve the test itself and to understand that it’s a standardised test, not diagnostic.)
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