Australia Association for Research in Education
NAPLAN
The good, the bad and the pretty good actually
Every year headlines proclaim the imminent demise of the nation due to terrible, horrible, very bad NAPLAN results. But if we look at variability and results over time, it’s a bit of a different story. I must admit, I’m thoroughly sick of NAPLAN reports. What I am most tired of, however, are moral panics about …
AERO responds to James Ladwig’s critique
AERO’s response is below, with additional comments from Associate Professor Ladwig. For more information about the statistical issues discussed, …
AERO’s writing report is causing panic. It’s wrong. Here’s why.
If ever there was a time to question public investment in developing reports using ‘data’ generated by the National Assessment Program, it is now with the release of the Australian Educational Research Organisation’s report ‘Writing development: What does a decade of NAPLAN data reveal?’ I am sure the report was meant to provide reliable diagnostic …
Is the NAPLAN results delay about politics or precision?
The decision announced yesterday by ACARA to delay the release of preliminary NAPLAN data is perplexing. The justification …
How to fix education: cut tests, defund private schools
In the final part in our series of what the next government should do to save Australian education, …
If only we really wanted to solve the problems
Each day this week, EduResearch Matters will publish the views of educational leaders on the state of education …
Learning is not a race but politicians think it is. Now wellbeing is in peril.
Pasi Salhberg is right, we need to prioritise wellbeing during the endless lockdowns many of us are enduring. …
Why appeasing Latham won’t make our students any more remarkable
Are our schools making the kids we think we should? The tussle between politics and education continues and Latham is just the blunt end of what is now the assumed modus operandi of school policy in Australia. Many readers of this blog no doubt will have noticed a fair amount of public educational discussion about NSW’s …
Australian curriculum review: strengthened but still a long way from an amazing curriculum for all Australian students
There is much to admire in the proposed revisions to the Australian Curriculum, which were released for public consultation this week. I’d give it a B+. The curriculum content organisers and core ideas have been revised to ensure that they are more closely aligned, with some trimming of content to enable greater depth of study. …
Surprising findings from new analysis of declining NAPLAN writing test results
Despite the considerable annual investments of money and school resources to hold the NAPLAN tests, almost no research …