Saturday, September 10, 2011

Reactions to the 2011 NAPLAN Test Results

Test scores show NSW pupils are struggling
Sydney Morning Herald
Results for this year's NAPLAN tests, which will be sent to parents next week, show year 7 spelling results took a tumble this year. After consistently improving since 2008, when national testing was first introduced, the results fell from a mean score ...
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Southern states top NAPLAN results
ABC Online
Victoria, New South Wales and the ACT have scored the highest results in the NAPLAN tests for a third year in a row. The preliminary report into the 2011 National Assessment Program found 90 per cent of students tested for reading, writing and numeracy ...
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Education Qld: Our most improved schools revealed
Courier Mail
QUEENSLAND'S most improved schools in this year's NAPLAN tests have been released by the State Government. Education Minister Cameron Dick congratulated the schools "for supporting their students to make the most of their potential". ...
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NSW students behind the nation's learning curve
The Daily Telegraph
NSW students are behind those in Victoria and the ACT in every subject except spelling, according to results from this year's NAPLAN tests, released yesterday. After sitting for the tests in May this year, Year 3, 5, 7, and 9 students topped the nation ...
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