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Tough questions continue to dog LANTITE test
Concerns about the validity and fairness of the LANTITE test continue as two prominent academics in the education sector have commented on how the current Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) is administered.
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Why not do the test before you waste your time doing the course getting hex
Government has this set up in reverse
Some inaccuracies in this article. Students are not compared to others sitting the test, they are required to meet a benchmark which would put them in the top 30% of the general population. In most test sittings more than 85% of students pass. Not helpful to have untrue information in an article like this.
Thanks for highlighting this, Sara. I will double-check my sources and correct, if necessary. May I ask what the other inaccuracies are? Kind regards, Education Review.
I dont think 85% pass.
I think it is a disgrace from the policy makers to set this in motion, I would like to see each and every one of them sit the test, whether they are in government, lecturers or on university board, I promise they will fail the test miserably. It is about making money across the board. Student teachers go through so much to complete their degrees and yet they are faced with the lantite, without passing it all their hard work is wasted. Honestly, who would want to be a teacher especially now, it is a thankless job, you get beaten around all the time and yet your are expected to deliver at your 100% all the time. Teachers are the least respected profession in Australia, you get attacked, pushed around, sworn at, spat at and everyone thinks they know how to do your job better than you.
When students fail the lantite they have to pay to resit it. It is shameful on the governing body to keep charging for the test, it is a requirement to pass it to get your qualifications it should be provided for free, I also agree with previous posts, make it as part of the entry to the course, better yet students should sit the test while they are still at school to get the right support for it and pass it before enrolling for their course instead of having to source support from outside agencies which costs them more money, why aren’t the universities stepping up and making it a unit of the course and supporting their students, but offcourse more money have to be paid there aswell. I also think they should make as an entry test for teaching so students know the expectations before signing up, ah, but then universities will not be able to have bums on seats for their courses and they will have to do some work towards this to support their studends.
We currently have a chronic shortage of teachers in Australia and world wide, we should do better to support our student teachers and current teachers.
The government have this in reverse but when did this government get things right. Shame on them for failing our profession, our society and most important failing our children.
The test goes against everything that teaching theory espouses! Individual’s unique strengths and talents are not recognised and the test is designed to snare and fail poor students and leave them out of pocket! Definitely a neo-liberal initiative. The test is a disgracefully designed, punitive idea. It is obvious that governments do not respect teachers or education; if they did, another form of testing would be available, or at least some academic consideration for those unable to perform through circus hoops in unreasonable amounts of time.
I think it is a disgrace that a test so hard is eliminating people from wanting to be teachers and what about people with slight learning disabilities?
Why on earth is there a test such as this for lower primary teachers, art teachers, music teachers, language teachers etc? Its needless.
If you are teaching year 5 or younger or you’re a specialist teacher then you should not have to do this test?? God knows accountants, actuaries, financial advisers etc, don’t need to do a Maths of this sort! Journalists, writers, etc also don’t need to pass English literacy test in their degrees!! So why do kindergarten teachers???
I definitely agree with this comment, im a Visual Arts major and although ive taken and failed the numeracy component previously, i dont see how knowing all this is relevant to the subject. Yes i understand there is still maths involved in arts from measurement and grade scoring etc. But there are irrelevant questions asked in the LANTITE that i dont need to know to become a High school Visual Arts teacher.