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Opinion
Standardised tests are holding our children back: opinion
Australia's high school leaving certificates are holding back our entire education system. They’re a disservice to schools, teachers, and students…
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In The Classroom
NAPLAN review criteria: creativity more than a nice skill to have
The wisdom of the aphorism ‘you don't fatten a pig by weighing it more’ might have finally dawned on at…
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News
Listen to children to transform education: keynote speaker
“The thinking done by children and young people is qualitatively different to adults, but it is not inferior.” That’s the…
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News
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…
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Ditch NAPLAN for sample testing: Gonski Institute
Australia should scrap the current census approach of NAPLAN and replace it with sample testing of students, the Council of…
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Podcasts
Testing times: resisting the push for measurable outcomes in education
While some might think the education system is relatively protected from modern economic rationalism, for many the demands of the…
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