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NAPLAN labelled “bizarre” and “least valid” test
An education expert based in the US has given a scathing review of NAPLAN, labelling it "absurd", "bizarre" and the worst of a dozen tests he has studied in depth.
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I agreed we have put too much emphasis on what should be a guide to teaches. If robots can correct it then the task is not creative enough.
This is what many at the coal-face of education have been saying for years. Most students I have taught will procrastinate on having the spelling of words correct that they actually run out of time to write a story. Take the emphasis off spelling, punctuation and grammar, the part of writing that needs to have time spent with proper editing or make it a task that allows time to proof-read and edit before submitting. The people at ACARA and the various education departments throughout Australia are obviously not in touch with what actually takes place in a classroom if they believe that this test is relevant to anyone bar themselves. As a classroom teacher, I find this test totally useless as an assessment tool and equally irrelevant when discussed at data meetings.