There is no doubt that we live in challenging times. Our era has been labelled by some as ‘post-truth’, implying that truth is irrelevant where appeals to emotion and personal belief override evidence and objective facts. A post-truth world is ...

Education Minister Jason Clare has announced that the former leader of the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) has taken the same position at its national counterpart . Stephen Gniel has been acting chief executive at the Australian Curriculum, Assessment ...

Only 57 per cent of Year 6 students and 54 per cent of Year 10 students attained the science proficiency standard in 2023, according to the latest Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) data. The National Assessment Program – ...

Nine sweeping education reforms have been recommended by the Senate in The issue of increasing disruption in Australian school classrooms report, released by the Education and Employment References Committee last Friday. The inquiry found evidence-based practices should be used to ...

Australians are up in arms over the results of the 2023 National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN),  raising a furore about the perceived substandard academic performance of young learners.  The overwhelming concern is that one in three NSW ...

There is a myriad of research from over the decades that highlights humans’ fear of the unknown. And so, it is expected that teachers will experience overwhelm, as well as excitement, when a revised curriculum is announced. Because, with new ...

The Australian Curriculum Assessment Reporting Authority (ACARA) has thanked teachers and schools who made the test transition from May to March "as seamless as possible", while teachers and unions have expressed doubts over the benefits of the change. On Tuesday, ...

Australia's education ministers have announced major changes to standardised NAPLAN tests including changes to the way results are reported to teachers. On Friday, federal education minister Jason Clare and his state and territory counterparts signed off on a new marking ...

Australian students’ spelling results have shown significant declines in some yearly cohorts, according to this year’s NAPLAN, but overall national performance signalled a stable recovery from Covid-19. More than one million students across the country submitted 4.8 million NAPLAN tests ...

Early NAPLAN results have been delayed this year due to “unprecedented” rates of student absences caused by COVID-19, floods and the flu. The 2022 NAPLAN tests marked the final year of transition to online testing, with 4.3 million tests submitted ...