Current debate surrounding NAPLAN is largely centred on the question of whether it is a high-stakes test. Within this wider debate, there is persistent discord regarding the extent to which children are affected by NAPLAN, despite teachers’ reports within research of this policy’s negative effects on the well-being of many children (Athanasou 2010, Dulfer, Polesel, and Rice 2012). This appears to be partly due to scepticism surrounding the credibility of these reports; evident in views expressed within the popular media that teachers’ perspectives on this issue are ‘not exactly objective evidence’ (Buckingham 2010). Findings of a study conducted with children and young people which further suggest that NAPLAN may be experienced as high-stak...
The current "Education Revolution" in Australia has witnessed the shift to greater accountability in...
This article employs Rittel and Webber’s ‘wicked’ problem as a heuristic device for enhancing unders...
This study lays bare Australian educator’s perspectives of NAPLAN testing and its unintended effects...
In the midst of the debate surrounding the question of whether Australia’s National Assessment Progr...
As debate surrounding Australia's National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests...
NAPLAN continues to be a divisive issue in Australian education. Since its inception in 2008, NAPLAN...
While research pertaining to the impacts of NAPLAN on children remains sparse, NAPLAN’s negative eff...
This paper examines primary school-aged children’s lived experiences of the National Assessment Prog...
This paper examines primary school-aged children's lived experiences of the National Assessment Prog...
This chapter explores how NAPLAN is experienced by children through a study of 105 children's experi...
The purpose of this study is to explore how Australia’s National Assessment Program: Literacy and Nu...
Australian teachers are not convinced that NAPLAN improves the reading and maths skills of students....
Literacy and numeracy have become a significant focus in Australian schools and many teachers now fe...
In September each year in Australia, schools and the families of students receive their NAPLAN resul...
Standardised testing regimes, including the National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLA...
The current "Education Revolution" in Australia has witnessed the shift to greater accountability in...
This article employs Rittel and Webber’s ‘wicked’ problem as a heuristic device for enhancing unders...
This study lays bare Australian educator’s perspectives of NAPLAN testing and its unintended effects...
In the midst of the debate surrounding the question of whether Australia’s National Assessment Progr...
As debate surrounding Australia's National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests...
NAPLAN continues to be a divisive issue in Australian education. Since its inception in 2008, NAPLAN...
While research pertaining to the impacts of NAPLAN on children remains sparse, NAPLAN’s negative eff...
This paper examines primary school-aged children’s lived experiences of the National Assessment Prog...
This paper examines primary school-aged children's lived experiences of the National Assessment Prog...
This chapter explores how NAPLAN is experienced by children through a study of 105 children's experi...
The purpose of this study is to explore how Australia’s National Assessment Program: Literacy and Nu...
Australian teachers are not convinced that NAPLAN improves the reading and maths skills of students....
Literacy and numeracy have become a significant focus in Australian schools and many teachers now fe...
In September each year in Australia, schools and the families of students receive their NAPLAN resul...
Standardised testing regimes, including the National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLA...
The current "Education Revolution" in Australia has witnessed the shift to greater accountability in...
This article employs Rittel and Webber’s ‘wicked’ problem as a heuristic device for enhancing unders...
This study lays bare Australian educator’s perspectives of NAPLAN testing and its unintended effects...