Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Sunday, May 6, 2018
NSW criticism of NAPLAN
A simplistic criticism of NAPLAN from the privileged position of a wealthy independent school. This sort of stuff raises its head every year just before NAPLAN each year from people wanting to score political points. Why have NAPLAN? Simple! If you don't assess it, it will not be taught by some teachers who prefer other things to literacy and numeracy.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/drumbeat-to-ditch-naplan-is-growing-louder-and-rightly-so-20180504-p4zde3.html
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/drumbeat-to-ditch-naplan-is-growing-louder-and-rightly-so-20180504-p4zde3.html
Monday, April 30, 2018
Sunday, April 29, 2018
New! New! New!
2018 NAPLAN starts 15 May
- Simple NAPLAN preparation with minimum work for teachers
- The interactive, online 2018 Kilbaha NAPLAN Trial Tests are now available
- Use on any computer
- Automatic marking
- Automatic recording of student answers
- Language - download sample here
- Reading - download sample here
- Writing - download sample here
- Numeracy - download sample here
- Detailed answers and responses
- School site licence for all tests
Buy online here
Best wishes,
Bill Healy BSc BA Dip Ed
CEO
Monday, April 9, 2018
ACARA NAPLAN Tests
Important news for schools.
If you are missing any of the ACARA test papers from 2008 - 2016, you can obtain these by contacting ACARA.
The 2017 NAPLAN Test questions are NOT available.
If you are missing any of the ACARA test papers from 2008 - 2016, you can obtain these by contacting ACARA.
The 2017 NAPLAN Test questions are NOT available.
ACARA Level 13, Tower B, 280 Elizabeth Street Sydney NSW 2000 | |
General enquiries or (02) 8098 3100 info@acara.edu.au | |
Media enquiries only 0414 063 872 (virtual line: please do not send text messages) media.contact@acara.edu.au | |
Freedom of information requests FOI@acara.edu.au | |
Copyright enquiries copyright@acara.edu.au | |
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Holidays and NAPLAN
Kilbaha Multimedia Publishing is open during the school holidays to supply all the resources you need in the lead up to NAPLAN 2018 in May.
Go to http://kilbaha.com.au
Go to http://kilbaha.com.au
Saturday, March 31, 2018
2018 Kilbaha NAPLAN Trial Tests available online
- 2018 Kilbaha NAPLAN Trial Tests
- Years 3, 5, 7, 9
- Language, Reading, Writing, Numeracy
- Hard copy for use in paper based tests
- Detailed answers and sample responses
Schools can also use this order form for supply on invoice.
http://kilbaha.com.au/N.pdf
Friday, March 30, 2018
NAPLAN Answers
Detailed answers and responses to all ACARA NAPLAN Tests 2008 -2017
Packages for each of years 3, 5, 7, 9 (Click on the links)
Year 3 - 40 sets (347 pages) - all ACARA NAPLAN Tests
Year 5 - 40 sets (414 pages) - all ACARA NAPLAN Tests
Year 7 - 49 sets (529 pages) - all ACARA NAPLAN Tests
Year 9 - 49 sets (555 pages) - all ACARA NAPLAN Tests
Download the school order form here.
Friday, March 16, 2018
2018 Kilbaha NAPLAN Trial Tests
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. NEW!
The 2018 Kilbaha NAPLAN Trial Tests (Hard Copy) are now available.
Order yours today for immediate delivery.
Download the order form here.
http://kilbaha.com.au/N.pdf
Best wishes,
Bill Healy
Kilbaha Multimedia Publishing
The 2018 Kilbaha NAPLAN Trial Tests (Hard Copy) are now available.
Order yours today for immediate delivery.
Download the order form here.
http://kilbaha.com.au/N.pdf
Best wishes,
Bill Healy
Kilbaha Multimedia Publishing
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Update NAPLAN Online
Latest from ACARA on NAPLAN Online.
http://www.acara.edu.au/news-and-media/acara-update-archive/acara-update-archive-2018/acara-update-march-2018#4
http://www.acara.edu.au/news-and-media/acara-update-archive/acara-update-archive-2018/acara-update-march-2018#4
Saturday, March 3, 2018
Monday, February 26, 2018
NAPLAN HSC link has been cut
Details here
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/stokes-scraps-controversial-year-9-naplan-policy-20180222-p4z180.html
Personally I think it is pretty reasonable to expect a Year 12 student to have the numeracy and literacy skills of a Year 9 student. Exactly what is the acceptable skill level - Primary School?
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/stokes-scraps-controversial-year-9-naplan-policy-20180222-p4z180.html
Personally I think it is pretty reasonable to expect a Year 12 student to have the numeracy and literacy skills of a Year 9 student. Exactly what is the acceptable skill level - Primary School?
Sunday, February 25, 2018
Monday, February 12, 2018
2018 NAPLAN Catalogue
The 2018 Kilbaha Catalogue is now available for download from the link below.
Features of the new catalogue.
(1) Searchable by subject
(2) Searchable by year level
(3) 2018 NAPLAN Trial Tests - Hard Copy for Paper Tests
(4) 2018 NAPLAN Trial Tests - Interactive with automatic marking for computer based Tests
(5) All primary and secondary school resources in the one catalogue
(6) Very easy to find the resources you want
Download the 2018 Kilbaha Catalogue here.
Features of the new catalogue.
(1) Searchable by subject
(2) Searchable by year level
(3) 2018 NAPLAN Trial Tests - Hard Copy for Paper Tests
(4) 2018 NAPLAN Trial Tests - Interactive with automatic marking for computer based Tests
(5) All primary and secondary school resources in the one catalogue
(6) Very easy to find the resources you want
Saturday, February 10, 2018
Friday, February 2, 2018
ACARA advice about NAPLAN 2018
NAPLAN 2018 test dates
Schools are reminded that NAPLAN pencil and paper testing will take place from Tuesday15 May to Thursday 17 May 2018. Schools participating in NAPLAN Online will have from Tuesday 15 May to Friday 25 May 2018 to conduct the online assessments.
The tests must be administered in the order, on the dates and within the times specified in the timetables provided in the NAPLAN 2018 Handbook for Principals. Under no circumstances may a test be conducted before the official test date or time. Please note that the test security period has been extended in line with the NAPLAN Online test window and all tests must remain secure until Friday 1 June 2018.
NAPLAN Online
As part of the transition in Victoria, a group of schools will administer NAPLAN as an online test in place of the pencil and paper tests in 2018.All other schools will receive advice early in Term 2 regarding the timing of their transition to NAPLAN Online. Further details regarding associated activities will be provided at this time.
Thursday, February 1, 2018
Writing Test will be marked by humans in 2018
It has been decided that the 2018 NAPLAN Writing Test will be marked in the same way as previous years.
No marking by computer in 2018.
NAPLAN resources for 2018 at http://kilbaha.com.au
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Writing is human not robotic?
NAPLAN:
A controversial move towards "robot
marking" of NAPLAN tests has been scrapped, the Education Council has
confirmed.
Key points:
·
"Automated
essay scoring" will not be used for marking of NAPLAN writing scripts
·
The
national assessment authority ACARA had strongly argued for robot marking,
insisting it was as reliable as humans
·
A
prominent US academic had called for a halt to the plans, saying robot marking
would reward "verbose gibberish"
English
tasks were to be marked by computers this year, but the proposal caused
rancour among teachers' unions who launched a campaign against it.
Now, the
Education Council, which is comprised of all state and territory education
ministers, has announced the move towards automated essay scoring will be
halted.
The
decision was made in December but has only just been revealed in a statement
from the council.
"In
December 2017, the Education Council determined that automated essay scoring
will not be used for the marking of NAPLAN writing scripts," said South
Australian Education Minister Susan Close, who is the Education Council's
chair.
"Any
change to this position in the future will be informed by further research into
automated essay scoring, and be made as a decision of the Education
Council."
The
announcement is a blow to the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting
Authority (ACARA), which had strongly argued for robot marking, insisting it
was as reliable as humans for narrative and persuasive writings tasks.
The NSW
Teachers Federation last year commissioned a report from a prominent US expert
on automated essay scoring.
Retired
professor Les Perelman said computers would reward "verbose
gibberish" and could not properly assess creativity, poetry, irony or
other more artistic uses of writing.
NSW
Education Minister Rob Stokes last year described automated essay scoring as
"a direct attack on the teaching profession" and warned it had
"no place" in NSW schools.
Before the
Education Council's announcement, ACARA had aimed to have fully automated
marking and testing of NAPLAN English tasks by 2020.
The
scrapping of robot marking comes as schools are transitioning away from
pen-and-paper NAPLAN tests towards online tests.
That
process has been difficult, with many schools lacking the technical infrastructure to
support it.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-29/push-to-have-robots-mark-naplan-tests-scrapped/9370318
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