On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:32:20 AM Andrew McGlashan wrote:
NAPLAN is a total joke. They TEACH kids how to pass NAPLAN and forget about anything else when NAPLAN testing is close. So, kids learn how to do the tests, not how to do anything else.... and that makes the results worthless.
Lots of children considered by the school concerned to be "lower achieving" are told to stay home on the day of the test. This includes children with learning difficulties (eg dyslexia, dysgraphia) and high IQ children with learning difficulties. The effect of this on so many of these kids, who are already struggling with confidence issues, anxiety, their learning challenges and being 'different', is a genuine mental health issue. faye -- Faye Coker faye@lurking-grue.org