Tests for teachers
LNP pledges to improve teaching quality
TEACHERS will be tested on literacy and numeracy before they are able to run a class under a new LNP policy.
The Opposition has pledged to make new school teachers do an online test to check that they can ensure their pupils are learning.
The test would provide teachers with incorrect answers from children and they would have to explain how they would help the pupil get the question right.
This paper revealed, as part of the Fair Go For Our Kids campaign, regional
Queensland students were less likely to finish Year 12 than those in Brisbane.
Experts have called for the winning party to improve the quality of teachers and upskill existing teachers.
LNP leader Tim Nicholls said the policy would improve new teacher quality.
“Importantly it’s about making sure we lift teacher standards. All the research we see including by the Australian Council for Education Research shows that by lifting teacher standards we will get better results for our kids,” he said.
“And, in fact, this is a test that has been devised by the Australian Council for Education Research and should be being implemented for our beginner teachers here in Queensland.”
But Labor Education Minister Kate Jones said the new teacher testing was already a Federal government requirement.
“New national rules have already come into play which ensure that a teacher must complete a numeracy and literacy test before they finish their teaching degree,” she said.
“Tim Nicholls should have done his homework before he announced his plan.”