Students are sitting NAPLAN tests two months early this year, which one education expert says is too early to show whether students are learning appropriate concepts and risks harming those who are already disadvantaged.
Help keep family & friends informed by sharing this articleEducation experts have criticised the decision to hold NAPLAN tests in March instead of May this year, saying it is too early to assess progress and the process risks harming already vulnerable students.An education expert says this year's testing is too early to show students effectively learning
More than 1 million students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9 at almost 10,000 campuses will undergo literacy and numeracy testing over the next couple of weeks to assess whether they are meeting important educational outcomes. "What that means is that we'll be able to get results back more quickly to parents and to school communities, and I think that's really important because it just makes that data so much more useful if we can have it back more quickly and just understand which students need additional support," she said.
It is too early in the school year to know whether students are effectively learning concepts taught at their year levels, according to Venesser Fernandes, a lecturer in educational leadership studies at Monash University.
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