Australia's high school leaving certificates are holding back our entire education system. They’re a disservice to schools, teachers, and students because how we test affects how we teach. Unfortunately, the current testing regime is geared largely towards testing a student’s ...
More »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 least three state education ministers. Last month, New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria announced a review of NAPLAN, with the ...
More »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 reminder sent out by Professor Roseanna Bourke, the keynote speaker at the Engagement Transforms 2019 symposium in Hobart on Friday. ...
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 »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 Australian Governments (COAG) has been told. In its submission to COAG's review of NAPLAN, the Gonski Institute for Education at ...
More »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 “global neo-liberal project” have well and truly made their mark on schools, teachers and students. That’s the view of Dr ...
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