Exclusive: We need to change the conversation around NAPLAN - let's talk about progress

Laureate Professor John Hattie

By Laureate Professor John Hattie
Community contribution / December 13, 2017

Today’s flurry of doomsayers responding to the NAPLAN results reflects a crazy view about schools.

If the average performance is sufficiently high, why is flat-lining necessarily bad? Why expect a change in the average performance?

Why ...

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By Laureate Professor John Hattie

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Professor John Hattie is a leader in education and director of Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne.

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