Naplan’s emphasis on writing mechanics over meaning is misguided. The implications for the classroom are concerning With Naplan examinations imminent, anxieties high and results down, it is fair to ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. In a troubled education era when consideration has been given to letting machines mark school students’ creative and narrative writing ...

Lucinda McKnight receives funding from the Victorian Association for the Teaching of English. A report of a review of NAPLAN released in recent days cited the writing part of the test to be the most ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The NAPLAN writing test has damaged students’ skills, cornered teachers into promoting formulaic methods and will soon be made redundant ...

A SHOCKING number of Year 9 students in NSW have failed this year’s NAPLAN writing test, continuing an alarming slide in literacy skills that has experts calling for urgent reforms in the classroom. A ...

Preliminary data from the latest National Assessment Program — Literacy and Numeracy, known as NAPLAN, has revealed some areas of improvement, such as in Years 5 and 9 numeracy and primary-level ...

Stewart Riddle does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

SABRA LANE: The latest NAPLAN results are out today and show school students' results have only improved marginally since the tests were first introduced. There's been a 0.72 per cent improvement in ...

SA scored above the Australian average in Year 9 writing – a first for any category in any year level since 2016 – and also made significant gains in writing in Years 3 and 5. However, the uplift in ...

NAPLAN exams are underway for nine days from Wednesday, and while it can be a stressful time for parents and students alike, there a few tricks you can use to smooth it over. Here are your FAQs ...