“The thinking done by children and young people is qualitatively different to adults, but it is not inferior.” That’s the reminder sent out by Professor Roseanna Bourke, the keynote speaker at the Engagement Transforms 2019 symposium in Hobart on Friday. ...
More »ACARA accused of covering up true extent of NAPLAN failure
The release of the NAPLAN 2019 summary information showed writing scores for primary school students improved over last year’s results, but criticisms of the test and its purpose remain. While presenting the results last week under embargo, Australian Curriculum, Assessment ...
More »Key education issues in the media: expert responds
https://youtu.be/4ml-CnjhrD4 Teacher performance-linked pay, teacher performance generally and student achievement – these are three issues that are never far from the headlines. But are the debates founded on sound evidence or merely the thought bubbles of politicians and ...
More »Weekly roundup 7: Beyond NAIDOC Week, countering standards slips and the LANTITE
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. All stories can be found on our site, educationreview.com.au. You can either read this summary or ...
More »Leadership in education series – episode 1: Innovation and the future
Despite record investment in education, Australian students’ literacy and numeracy levels have been steadily declining. This podcast series speaks with some of Australia’s K-12 education leaders and asks the key question: What, if anything, are we doing wrong? In episode ...
More »Parent-infant reading linked to stronger NAPLAN scores
Parents who read to their child aged one to two years daily are gearing them up for stronger literacy, language and numeracy results at school. That’s the message from new Charles Sturt University research. Study lead and post-doctoral research fellow Dr ...
More »Weekly Roundup 3: Private-school ‘toffs’, gaming addicts and NAPLAN glitch review
Hi, it’s Wade Zaglas here, education editor for Education Review. Welcome to our third weekly roundup. You can either read this summary or listen to the podcast below. An amusing story to hit our desks this week was the private ...
More »Week in review: NAPLAN, streaming and teachers fighting back
This story was published on 19 May. Hi, I’m Wade Zaglas, education editor for Education Review. Today we're starting our weekly round up of the key stories and issues of the week. You can either read the summary or listen ...
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 »Can NAPLAN be communicated better?
It’s that time of year again – the National Assessment Plan for Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) takes place this week. Around Australia over one million students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9 will sit a total of four tests: ...
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