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 ...

Students' writing skills have plummeted over the years, and experts believe it can be due to a lack of frequency in writing exercises.  A new study by Edith Cowan University revealed the time teachers spend teaching writing skills varies from ...

The recently announced change to the timing of the National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) test, to be held in term 1 rather than term 2 as of next year, has been met with criticism from the NSW Teachers ...

Students with a greater sense of wellbeing are far more likely to achieve a higher test score later in the school year, new research has shown.  A new study from Australian National University collected data from 3,400 Year 7 to ...

The release of the 2021 NAPLAN results confirm there has been no statistically significant drop in student performance resulting from two years of the pandemic at both national and state/territory levels. But despite this positive news, the Australian Education Union ...

The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) CEO David de Carvalho has recently written an article that addresses whether change or improvement is required in our country’s education system. The article, which was adapted from a speech the ACARA ...

The first large scale study of the school outcomes of children hospitalised with chronic illnesses has found they are three times more likely to fall behind than their peers. The study, from UNSW Sydney and University of Sydney, looked at ...

While many Australian schools have spent the last few decades admiring the old school tie, tightening standardisation and rubrics while chasing NAPLAN and ATAR scores, Finnish educators have been told to study best practices, and then try and improve on ...

On the first day of the school year as a graduate teacher I encountered a slap in the face. My day started brimming with confidence but that all changed when one boy walked through the door. His name was Jacob ...

As another year of the National Assessment Plan for Literacy and Numeracy ends, ACARA’s CEO has highlighted the importance of the controversial test in these times of COVID-19. David de Carvalho wrote an opinion piece recently for the Australian Curriculum ...