The breakdown of NAPLAN results by state electorate shows the worst-performing areas are about seven academic school years behind the top achieving parts of the state.
While some parents will always want to send their children to an independent school the possibilities if all other students attended their local high school are amazing. The local school’s NAPLAN results would be better. All students would live locally,rather than having to travel to a school out of their area.
It’s time for Labor to not just allow a conscience vote to its members on issues regarding Gaza but for our society as a whole to acknowledge there is more than one worldview for our collective future. Surely we need this honest discussion more than ever?
Some principals say removing clear and ambitious targets based on NAPLAN results risks improvement measures becoming too ambiguous.
Teaching reading using phonics,which is to be mandatory for state schools,has received strong praise from this primary school in Melbourne’s south-east.
All children would be tested for numeracy knowledge in the first two years of school under a plan to tackle underachievement in maths.
Explicit teaching is now being recognised,as it should always have,as the most effective learning method for the vast majority of students.
About 30 schools across NSW have formed a grassroots network to share maths lesson plans and run professional learning for teachers and school leaders.
Blunt,system-wide rankings are doing more harm than good and should be overhauled to more accurately reflect individual learning outcomes for students,a parliamentary inquiry has been told.
Growing numbers of students are typing rather than writing their exams,due to fears their messy or illegible penmanship will hurt their marks.
High school students are being asked “absurd” and “badly worded” questions in NAPLAN’s numeracy exams,but a lack of transparency from the national testing authority is preventing teachers from addressing the issues,an expert says.