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Do Australian secondary school students have a ‘problem’ with writing?
Nearly a decade's worth of NAPLAN data and a sweeping review of how writing will be taught in NSW has suggested that Australian students’ writing skills are in a sad state of decline.
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Students don’t give a hoot about NapLan. Parents expect teachers to do the work for the student. Computers read to the student and write for them via voice recognition – what do researchers expect other than lower accomplishments. Students do not have to pass Maths, Science and English to pass from 1 year level to the next + streaming is nearly non-existent. Governments know that they are doing students / families / teachers a disservice but don’t care! Responses to emails and letters confirm that politicians know nothing about education other than what is put before them with pre arranged visits etc.