by Ben | Oct 28, 2018 | News, Testing
Many of you will have received NAPLAN results for your child recently and you may have heard the suggestion that NAPLAN-style testing should be replaced with a ‘formative’ assessment process. If you’re wondering what this means, you’re not alone. Robert Starke summed...
by Ben | Jan 21, 2015 | News, Self-Esteem, Teaching, Testing
With another New Year come new challenges, changes and opportunities. Since last year’s NAPLAN results there has been a lot of talk about what should be done to improve standards in this state. While the education system has been flailing in recent years, the...
by Ben | Jun 24, 2014 | News, Parents, Teaching
Chances are, if you have a child in primary school, you might have felt some frustration if you have tried to help them with their Maths homework lately. Let me guess; you told them how to set out the sum in columns, you told them how to carry and borrow and you were...
by Ben | May 23, 2014 | News, Teaching
NAPLAN (The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy) testing seems to become more controversial as the years go by. As it is here to stay (at least for the time being) we might as well ask what the benefits are. A Snapshot Many critics rightly point out...
