Testing – Foundation for Learning and Literacy

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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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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10/05/2023

Primary schools help children thrive, but they could be better and fairer

ABC 24 April 2023 by Pasi Sahlberg ... Another thing that distinguishes Australia from most other countries is our persistence of annual standardised literacy and numeracy tests in primary schools. Every parent

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20/02/2023

New from Cue Learning

Getting Reading for Naplan'From Testing to Showcasing' podcast For many teachers, getting students ready for standardised testing can be a worry. In Australia we have NAPLAN. As teachers we want to know what

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19/12/2022

The future of education: are the real needs of students being neglected in favour of grades and test scores?

Equal Times 14 December 2022 by José Alvarez Diaz ...However, as Sahlberg explains, studies show that education models of this kind have thus far failed to improve the quality of teaching.

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08/05/2022

Some (other) facts about teachers and teaching

SMH March 28, 2022 Marcia Devlin Teaching and teachers do not enjoy high status in Australia. I find this curious for a number of reasons. First, teaching is an enormously complex, challenging

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24/11/2021

A failure at 6? Data-driven assessment isn’t helping young children’s learning

The Conversation November 24, 2021 by Martina Tassone Children’s early years from birth to the age of eight are crucial for their social, emotional and intellectual development. However, early years education

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01/09/2021

Books offer a healing retreat for youngsters caught up in a pandemic

Margaret Kristin Merga in The Conversation August 9 2021 Parents at a loss to find activities for their children during COVID lockdowns can encourage them to escape into a book. New

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02/07/2021

New book: A History of Literacy Education

Waves of Research and Practice Robert J. Tierney, P. David Pearson Teacher's College Press In this volume, two notable scholars trace the monumental shifts in theory, research, and practice related to reading

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