Testing
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Technology
OK computer: to prevent students cheating with AI text-generators, we should bring them into the classroom
Long-form writing, especially essay writing, remains one of the best ways to teach critical analysis.
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Teacher's Desk
Teachers face NAPLAN-style numeracy & literacy tests
Victoria was the first state to prevent teaching students who failed or missed the mark on these tests from teaching…
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News
Comprehensive national review of NAPLAN needed
Phase two, undertaken by the Australian Catholic University, saw feedback from 5,800 teachers and principals, and 200 education stakeholders.
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Opinion
Principal calls for ATAR to be overhauled… parents tend to agree
A new survey of 1000 Victorian parents and teachers shows it is life skills that are considered more valuable for…
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News
NAPLAN 2018 summary results: a few weeks late, but otherwise little change from previous years
This year’s NAPLAN results have finally landed. The results are a few weeks behind schedule, due to disagreement over how scores should…
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Education
Controversy: NAPLAN 2018 results called into question
State education department heads say results from the online and pen-and-paper versions of the tests are too different and questioned…
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Education
Five things we wouldn’t know without NAPLAN
Opinion: Here’s why NAPLAN testing is a vital navigation tool for policy makers and researchers.
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Education
Stop comparing schools! Why NAPLAN results should not be made public (and other ways to improve the test)
The purpose of NAPLAN testing needs to switch from exposing school results to encouraging better learning. One education expert outlines…
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News
Removing, replacing or rethinking NAPLAN. Experts say it’s time to come up with alternatives.
Students start NAPLAN testing this week at a time when the national testing scheme is being increasingly criticised from all…
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News
“Tailored testing” is a feature of NAPLAN Online which offers questions to match a student’s ability.
Students who sit NAPLAN Online testing this year will experience "tailored testing", with targeted questions of higher or lower complexity,…
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