While large-scale education assessments, such as the PISA, are meant to show how education systems are faring around the world, evidence shows these assessments come with a host of problems.
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New York City could be on the verge of dismantling gifted programs at its elementary and middle schools. Taking that step could make things even worse for some of the children it aims to help.
While we may need to rethink how we use NAPLAN, it is an important and useful tool for researchers and policy makers.
Kindergarteners are under tremendous pressure – doing as many as 15 academic activities in a day, with a shorter recess time. What is the long-term impact?
President Obama’s message has put issues around standardized testing back in the news. Here’s what scholars have been saying.
A recent study by the UNSW School of Education shows us what teachers, students, and their parents have long known, despite limited research in this area – Year 12 can be highly stressful for students.
Results from NAPLAN testing could actually be inflated given the high rates of absenteeism from the lower bands of achievement.
Is academic cheating inevitable? Not in classrooms where teachers emphasize mastery of content.
As the debate over standardized tests continues, a scholar questions the introduction of a new college readiness test, PARCC and gives reasons why it will be no different.
When kids read for pleasure they build empathy and improve social relationships. Here’s how you could inculcate a love for reading in your kids.
When making judgements about their pupils, teachers need to be aware of their own subtle biases.
China’s Ministry of Education has announced a major reform of the National College Entrance Examination, known as Gaokao. Under the proposed changes, the entry of new students to higher education will…
Who do you think would do better at school or in the workplace: someone who is smart, but lazy, or someone who is not naturally brilliant but will keep working at a problem until they get it right? Intuitively…
Is your birthday in June or December? An irrelevant question for most adults, but for children whether they were born in the summer or the winter can have a real impact on how well they perform at school…
If there is one iron law of economics it is this: people respond to incentives. Offer an “all you can eat” buffet and people eat a lot. Double the demerit points for speeding on a holiday weekend and fewer…
Since NAPLAN, the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy began in 2008, everyone and their dog has criticised the process. Detractors say teachers are forced to teach to the test, it pits…
It’s known as the PISA/TIMSS travelling caravan. Each time international tests results are released with league tables showing winners and losers a gaggle of researchers, academics and assorted fellow…
Results are out for NAPLAN 2014, and already the discussions have started around the meaning of those results. The program remains controversial, with academics and the public debating its impact on students…
There has been widespread and well-justified critique of the NAPLAN tests in Australian schools. Concerns have focused on the ways the testing severely narrows the school curriculum, compounds disadvantage…
New research raises questions about the impacts of the National Assessment Program – Literacy And Numeracy (NAPLAN) on the wellbeing of students and on positive teaching and learning approaches. NAPLAN…
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Emeritus Professor Miraca Gross, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Inclusion and Educational Psychology, University of Adelaide
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Associate Professor in Education, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Education and Public Policy, Durham University
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Professor of Education, Furman University
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow - School of Education and the Arts, Australian Catholic University
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Director, Youth Research Centre, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Inclusive Education, University of New England
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Lecturer in Sociology of Education, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, Education Policy and Leadership, The University of Melbourne
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PhD student, The University of Queensland
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Professor and UNESCO Chair of the Political Economy of Education and Senior Fellow, China Policy Institute, University of Nottingham
