Global education giant Pearson Australia has come under fire for an alleged conflict of interest after revelations that the company marks and collects data on NAPLAN tests, while also selling a ...

ONLINE NAPLAN tests that automatically adapt to students’ abilities will produce more meaningful results and reduce stress for children, education leaders say. But the assessment authority that runs ...

Whenever NAPLAN season rolls around, parents and students start to get anxious. Studies have shown that students can feel extra stress around test time and that stress could cause problems for parents ...

STUDENTS would sit online multi-level NAPLAN tests that branch out into easier or more difficult questions depending on prior performance. The different levels, which students would be diverted into ...

Australian state and territory governments resumed National Assessment Program—Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests in schools this month, defying widespread opposition among teachers, education ...

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Continuing reports on the destructive effects of the National Assessment Program—Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests, launched by the Rudd Federal Labor government a decade ago, are threatening the ...

How has throwing $100 million at standardised testing not improved results? They despaired. Or more accurately, they shook their heads at the information that was of absolutely no surprise to them and ...

THE annual NAPLAN assessments commenced last week (March 12), and saw almost 1.3 million students take the tests in more than 9400 schools and campuses across Australia. NAPLAN is the only national ...

Statement from Resistance - Socialist Youth Organisation. Resistance calls on high school students to boycott the NAPLAN tests next week. While the Australian Education Union (AEU) has backed down on ...