Assessment – Foundation for Learning and Literacy

17/03/2025

NAPLAN Reading for Emotion: we need more from the NAPLAN marking guide

EduResearch Matters March 17, 2025 by Ania Lian, Anneliese Powell, Charles Darwin University NAPLAN testing is on right now. Researchers at Charles Darwin University (CDU) critically examined NAPLAN’s narrative marking

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21/02/2025

Mastering NAPLAN: The Authentic Way

teachific Literacy Blog 12 February 2025 by Sharon Callen As educators, we often grapple with the challenge of preparing students for standardised tests while maintaining authentic teaching practices. Sharon Callen's insights

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28/08/2024

NAPLAN: Time to think differently

EduResearch Matters August 29 2024 by Sophie Rudolph It’s not the results of NAPLAN that are the problem. It is NAPLAN testing itself. These standardised tests contribute to the maintenance of

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14/08/2024

Are the latest NAPLAN results really an ‘epic fail’?

August 14, 2024 The Conversation Sally Larsen Email X (Twitter) Facebook11 LinkedIn Print On Wednesday, Australia woke up to a barrage of reports about the latest NAPLAN results. Media coverage described an “epic fail”, “plummeting” performances

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14/08/2024

Latest data shows 2024 NAPLAN national results broadly stable

Media Release ACARA 14 August 2024 Findings from the NAPLAN National Results released today by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment andReporting Authority (ACARA) show that results at a national level were similar

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06/05/2024

AI May Be Coming for Standardized Testing

Education Week March 25, 2024 by Alyson Klein The highest profile international test may soon offer clues as to how artificial intelligence can be harnessed to create and score assessments that

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24/01/2024

NAPLAN has ‘insidious’ influence on teaching practices, new study shows

The Educator 30 Nov 2023 NAPLAN is severely inhibiting the capacity for educators to do things differently in the classroom, a new study has revealed. The research from the Australian Catholic University’s

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06/12/2023

‘I can see the characters’: how reading aloud to patients can break through ‘cancer fog’

The Conversation Nov 29, 2023 by Elizabeth Wells If you were going through cancer treatment, wouldn’t you want to escape your reality for a while? Reading a story can offer an

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06/12/2023

Are Australian students really falling behind? It depends which test you look at

The Conversation Dec 6, 2023 by Helen Georgiou, Sally Larsen Ask anyone about how Australian students are doing in school and they will likely tell you our results are abysmal and,

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29/11/2023

Australia’s poorest children are five years behind richest peers, Naplan analysis shows

The Guardian 28 Nov 2023 by Caitlin Cassidy Australia’s most disadvantaged students are achieving at a level up to five years behind their most affluent counterparts, new analysis reveals. The report, provided

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