League tables reach new lows

The Australian newspaper today took the NAPLAN testing to league tables to new lows today when it published a list of the Top 100 Schools in Australia based on the NAPLAN results from last year. Just a couple of weeks before this  year’s students are due to sit their NAPLAN tests, the Australian upped the [...]

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One teacher’s reflection on ‘No Child Left Behind’

Besides the obviously heart-felt and thoughtful nature of this teacher’s reflection of what its been like on the ground as a teacher in the USA under Bush’s ‘No Child Left Behind’ regime, I fear that we’re about to embark on the same sad journey of an emphasis on inflexible standards imposed from a long way [...]

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How your school ranks

Well you’ve got to say that the Herald-Sun delivers on its promises! This from out and about yesterday.

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League tables return

So, what’s wrong with league tables, except that Essendon has flattened out to 12th with two games to go? Nothing, if you want a simple and clear list from top to bottom with a whole lot of data attached.  Plenty, if the idea is to simplify and simply rank what is much more complex than [...]

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