In the 2016 NAPLAN Year 9 numeracy exam, of the 64 questions there were 12 rated by the NSW DET Smart data package with content based on the Stage 5 Mathematics Syllabus. Many of these questions mean that students are being tested on content they have never seen.
On the ACARA r ‘NAP’ website the following policy can be found :
"Items in the tests will be based primarily ...
A new annual report into the state of Indigenous education, what is working and what is not, and how we map a way to a better future, was released yesterday.
Despite her extensive research into improving the classroom experience for students with ADHD, Dr Kathy Gibbs says there’s no magic bullet that can douse the learning and behavioural challenges that so often come with the condition.
As the Albanese Government announced around $17 million in vital infrastructure projects for South Australian public schools today, new research shows it’s just a drop in the ocean in terms of the urgent need for full funding of public schools in ...
When Dr Tanya Evans, head of the Mathematics Education Unit at the University of Auckland, first came across inquiry-based learning, she admits for a moment she was sold.
A free online mental health platform, co-designed by young people, has been launched to tackle the ongoing children’s mental health crisis.
It’s widely known that long-term recreational exercise has a range of benefits for kids’ physical and mental health, not just while they’re young, but also down the track well into their adulthood.
A popular teaching tactic used to hone students’ focus has amounted ‘insufficient evidence’ to show it actually boosts learning, two researchers have concluded.
April is Autism Awareness Month in Australia, so this is a great time as a school community to think, talk and plan what you can do to support students and families who are touched by autism.
Premier Jacinta Allan has asked South Barwon MP Darren Cheeseman to resign from the Parliamentary Labor Party after further allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards staff emerged yesterday, and the member has complied with immediate effect.
You don’t need to look hard right now to see concerns about Aotearoa New Zealand’s education system.
