The Queensland Teachers Union (QTU) is calling for the abolition of NAPLAN, citing the “psychological and physical impact” on students affected by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred. This year’s results would also be negatively affected, the union claimed. The QTU has long ...

A South Australian study confirms the advice long-given by teachers: students should never skip breakfast the morning of a test or exam. Students who skip food in the morning achieve worse results in NAPLAN (National Assessment Program – Literacy and ...

Public schools across NSW have been put on notice to drastically boost students’ academic performance and attendance rates, with the Minns government today unveiling 16 ambitious new targets to arrest rapidly declining marks. Last year, the NAPLAN results showed thousands ...

School-level results for the National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN), released on Wednesday, show that First Nations, poorer and rural, regional and remote students are still falling behind in learning due to those factors. NSW There were exceptions ...

Australian students are increasingly taking tests on computers. This includes major tests used to check national progress on literacy and numeracy. The idea is this prepares students “for the future”, because “technology is everywhere”. But as our two recent studies ...

This year's National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) results, released on Wednesday by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), show stability in Australian students' literacy and numeracy performance. These results are the second year of a ...

Next month, we are expecting the results from the annual NAPLAN tests, which students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9 sat earlier this year. Each year, the tests are widely promoted as a marker of student progress and are ...

A University of New England researcher has collated 25 years' worth of Australian students' test results and found there has been no significant decline in three out of the four major tests students take. Since the year 2000, when Australia ...

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 ...

The global pandemic has forced us to rethink many aspects of our lives, including education. In an attempt to accommodate students during the challenging times of lockdowns, remote learning and great uncertainty, many countries eased graduation requirements and made tests ...