On Jul 27, 2012 12:32 AM, "Andrew McGlashan" <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> 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.

Teachers are pressured to do that, not all of them do. Some teachers get very annoyed at the pressure, which I know from speaking to teachers I know personally.