Digital skills are more important than ever for students, yet teachers are not confident they’ll be able to teach the skills students require. With the release of the new curriculum which puts a strong emphasis on technology, and NAPLAN going ...
More »Experts have their say on NAPLAN as testing gets underway
Ahead of the start of annual NAPLAN testing, education experts have commented on the test to point out its flaws and advantages. From today until 20 May, more than 1.2 million Australian students across 9500 schools will be taking the ...
More »Weekly roundup 5: Vic state schools ban mobiles, teachers’ savings plunge and pushback over NAPLAN online
Hi and welcome to another Education Review weekly roundup of the top news stories we covered this week. I’m Wade Zaglas, the education editor. You can either read this summary or listen to the podcast below. All stories can be ...
More »Union calls for NAPLAN cancelling after online glitches leave students in tears
Technical glitches have plagued NAPLAN online from day one of the 2019 nation-wide testing. Fifty per cent of schools have so far made the transition from pen and paper tests (up from 15 per cent last year), with thousands of ...
More »Ducks to water
Delivery of NAP-CC online has wide-ranging benefits, not the least of which is great student engagement. By Dallas Bastian. The latest NAP sample assessments in Civics and Citizenship have been delivered online for the first time. The federal Ministerial ...
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