August 14, 2024 The Conversation Sally Larsen
On Wednesday, Australia woke up to a barrage of reports about the latest NAPLAN results. Media coverage described an “epic fail”, “plummeting” performances and a “bleak picture”.
Education experts spoke of “grim reading”, and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the results “alarming”.
But many of these analyses are misguided and unhelpful.
…If state and federal governments are serious about resolving the problems in Australian schooling, a first step will be to accurately interpret the evidence about students’ literacy and numeracy.
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