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 ...

An education expert based in the US has given a scathing review of NAPLAN, labelling it "absurd", "bizarre" and the worst of a dozen tests he has studied in depth. Les Perelmen, a retired professor from MIT University, reviewed the ...