Testing

NAPLAN testing goes online this month. What is the point and how will it work?

NAPLAN Online testing which starts this month will swap pens and pencils for devices. How will the tests be marked?…

6 years ago

Aussie teaching students’ literacy and numeracy skills put to the test.

More than 23,000 teaching students sat a Literacy and Numeracy Test last year to assess if their skills were in…

6 years ago

Half of parents don’t see the point of NAPLAN – but teachers find it even less useful, study finds.

NAPLAN results and their usefulness to students and teaching should be better communicated to parents, a new study has found.

6 years ago

The NAPLAN writing test is ‘absurd’ and harming our students, a leading education academic claims.

School children are being "harmed" by the NAPLAN writing test which emphasises low-standard formulaic writing, report claims.

6 years ago

Could ATAR’s number be up?

We have great teachers trying groundbreaking methods to engage students and give them the tools to reach their very best…

6 years ago

Why are our students’ literacy skills diminishing over time?

2017 NAPLAN results indicated 16.5% of year nine students across Australia were below benchmark in writing. When those same students…

7 years ago

6 ways to reduce cheating in small rooms

Exams can be tricky to monitor. Particularly when you have a slightly shifty group of students. Particularly when said group…

7 years ago

NAPLAN is ten years old – so how is the nation faring?

The NAPLAN 2017 summary results have been released, eliciting the usual mix of criticism, high hopes and panic, but 2017 marks the…

7 years ago

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