NAPLAN not stressful

Independent review debunks criticism of school tests

DESPITE being loathed by teachers and their state governments, the annual NAPLAN tests kicking off this week let parents know exactly how their offspring are doing compared with their classmates — without hurting students or schools.

That’s the finding of a Centre for Independent Studies review to be released today that concluded there was no evidence NAPLAN was “inherently more stressful” compared to other exams, because cards if they had a girl.

Mr Dixon nominated the name in a letter he wrote his wife-to-be on their wedding day more than two years earlier, they said. “there are no consequences for low performance or rewards for high performance”.

Victoria joined NSW, Queensland and South Australia last month to call for a review of the compulsory literacy and numeracy test.

Victorian Education Minister James Merlino wants the federal government to look at the contents of the test and how the results are reported.

But CIS analyst and review author Blaise Joseph said many of the criticisms of the

Weighing a touch over six pounds (2.8kg), Hannah was one of a dozen babies keeping staff busy at the Epworth’s new maternity ward yesterday. test — that it was “useless, harms students and schools and is an unreasonably narrow assessment” — did not stand up under scrutiny.

“If students are experiencing high levels of anxiety, it is arguable that this is the result of pressure or anxiety transmitted from the adults around them,” he wrote.

Kirsty and Mark Williams, whose children have sat the NAPLAN, said it “works well for the kids who are academic” but not those who

The Dixons — who met at university and both work in paramedicine — praised the hospital for the the care and attention they had been given. “aren’t smart”.

Their daughter Sophie, 12, received top marks, but son Daniel, 9, struggled with his handwriting, making it difficult to complete written assessment in the exam time.

“It doesn’t make adjustments for the children who aren’t necessarily book-smart, but are talented in other areas,” Mrs Williams said.

NSW is also pushing for NAPLAN results to be removed from the MySchool necessarily book-

“It’s been amazing. The team here has been so fantastic and supportive,” Mr Dixon, 28, said.

With her blue eyes and wisps of blonde hair, websites, which lets parents compare schools in their area, concerned it forces schools to obsess over test results rather than teaching students.

“Using NAPLAN results to inform school choice — an objective measure of school performance — is better than the alternative of just relying upon school reputation, school websites, and school location,” the CIS report reads.

“If future results were not published on the MySchool website, many parents would Hannah is a ringer for her dad, according to Mrs Dixon.

The doting dad, however, thought “she’s a good split of the two of us”. still use the last year of published NAPLAN results to determine school choice.”

Another criticism dismissed by Mr Joseph — a long-time advocate for NAPLAN — is a complaint the tests have been a failure because there has been no significant improvement in results since they were first introduced by the Rudd government in 2008.

“It is illogical to use NAPLAN results alone as a basis for determining if NAPLAN has succeeded or failed,” he wrote.