ONE in 20 Victorian students will take NAPLAN online for the first time. Despite the controversial hi-tech move, pupils will still get a paper test just in case. But the 124 schools across the state ...

ONLINE NAPLAN tests that automatically adapt to students’ abilities will produce more meaningful results and reduce stress for children, education leaders say. But the assessment authority that runs ...

STUDENTS would sit online multi-level NAPLAN tests that branch out into easier or more difficult questions depending on prior performance. The different levels, which students would be diverted into ...

Nicky Dulfern's research was commissioned by the Whitlam Institute at the University of Western Sydney. NAPLAN tests – the literacy and numeracy tests given to primary and secondary students – are ...

"When a test claims to measure their abilities, we feel like we should do something - and the first thing is panic." For a test designed to assess kids’ literacy and numeracy skills, it sure seems to ...

Major disruptions have hit NAPLAN online across Australia, resulting in connections dropping out and leaving Victorian students stressed and unable to finish the test. Dozens of Victorian schools have ...

Continuing reports on the destructive effects of the National Assessment Program—Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests, launched by the Rudd Federal Labor government a decade ago, are threatening the ...

Immanuel Lutheran College P-12 dean of teaching and learning Cheryl Fillmore said the test was a valuable tool for schools and parents, but should not form the basis of a school's program. "NAPLAN is ...

Kellie Bousfield does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Townsville. Followed categories will be added to My News. Eighty-three of the 481 Queensland schools that participated in NAPLAN testing will re-sit the ...