NAPLAN-style testing ignores large part of Australian holistic curriculum

Moosung Lee; Louise WATSON

NAPLAN-style testing ignores large part of Australian holistic curriculum

Education

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Abstract

There are many things we want children to learn at school that standardised tests such as NAPLAN tell us nothing about and when narrow performance measures threaten to influence curriculum decisions in schools and classrooms, we need to be reminded of their limitations.

Original language	English
Pages	1-1
Number of pages	1
Specialist publication	The Australian Financial Review
Publication status	Published - 2015

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https://www.afr.com/news/policy/education/naplanstyle-testing-ignores-large-part-of-australian-holistic-curriculum-20150806-giti4v

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