So for schools with cohorts of 50 or less, a very significant change in mean performance from one year to another would be possible just on the basis of sampling error. But the results we get are not precise. Teachers continually assess their students and continually collect substantial evidence as to how their students are performing.
At the national level, however, the story is different. What NAPLAN is good for, and indeed what it was originally designed for, is to provide a national snapshot of student ability, and conducting comparisons between different groups for example, students with a language background other than English and students from English-speaking backgrounds on a national level. This is important data to have. It tells us where support and resources are needed in particular.
But we could collect the data we need by using a rigorous sampling method , where a smaller number of children are tested a sample rather than having every student in every school sit tests every two years. This a move that would be a lot more cost effective, both financially and in terms of other costs to our education system. I believe we need to get the individual school results off the MySchool website for starters.
That would quite quickly cut out much of the hype and anxiety. In the process we might free up some of that precious classroom time for more productive things than test preparation. She has a background in secondary school teaching and teacher professional learning. In the past she has held senior leadership roles in secondary schools, and after completing her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney in , she joined the University of Newcastle in , where she was a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education until early Note to readers from the Ed.
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Frequently asked questions Answers to frequently asked questions. Return to top of page Back to top. This includes recommendations coming out of the Gonski 2.
The future of Gonski 2. The report recommends an online formative assessment tool be developed. This raises questions about whether such a tool, if created, might ultimately replace or serve as a supplement to NAPLAN. Portsmouth Climate Festival — Portsmouth, Portsmouth.
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