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In The Classroom
What drives teaching quality? A PISA co-creator’s take
Last week's hand-wringing over the comparability of online NAPLAN tests with paper versions is moot. That is, according to one of…
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School Management
NAPLAN week draws multifaceted critique
Months before controversial NSW Education Minister Rob Stokes called for NAPLAN to be scrapped last week, change.org user Sparkt started an…
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Policy & Reform
Parents defy expert backlash with pro-NAPLAN statement
While certain experts think NAPLAN bizarre, parents and teachers, plausibly with more skin in the testing game, vociferously support it. Officeholders from…
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In The Classroom
NAPLAN National Report: Indigenous, LBOTE students most improved
In August we learned that there were NAPLAN triumphs and concerns: overall, reading and numeracy were up, yet writing had…
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Opinion
Opinion: the pressure-cooker lives of Singapore’s teachers
Twelve-hour days and big classes are realities that Singapore's teachers face daily. Such conditions create stressful work environments which impede…
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In the News
PIRLS results: Australia whipped by 13 countries, including Russia
It's been five years since the last – and Australia's inaugural – Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) results were…
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