NAPLAN – high schools not improving

Original article by Tim Dodd
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 7 : 5-Aug-15

New data shows that at a national level, the introduction of the NAPLAN test in 2008 has not resulted in any improvement in the literacy and numeracy skills of high school students. However, both Queensland and Western Australia have recorded a "statistically significant" improvement in the skills of high school students, who undertake the test in years 7 and 9. Meanwhile, there has been a nationwide improvement in the literacy and numeracy skills of primary school students.

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THE CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT STUDIES LIMITED, ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT, PROGRAMME FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT, LEARNING FIRST, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING

NAPLAN – high schools not improving

Original article by Tim Dodd
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 7 : 5-Aug-15

New data shows that at a national level, the introduction of the NAPLAN test in 2008 has not resulted in any improvement in the literacy and numeracy skills of high school students. However, both Queensland and Western Australia have recorded a "statistically significant" improvement in the skills of high school students, who undertake the test in years 7 and 9. Meanwhile, there has been a nationwide improvement in the literacy and numeracy skills of primary school students.

CORPORATES
THE CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT STUDIES LIMITED, ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT, PROGRAMME FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT, LEARNING FIRST, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING

NAPLAN numbers are not the bottom line

Original article by Jewel Topsfield
The Age – Page: 9 : 12-Sep-14

Critics of the National Assessment Program – Literacy & Numeracy (NAPLAN) assessment say that the program is reductive. It reduces the child’s achievements to testable variables. The Australian Primary Principals’ Association wants NAPLAN data to be removed from the My School website

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AUSTRALIAN PRIMARY PRINCIPALS’ ASSOCIATION