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how NAPLAN forces us to teach bad writing

  • Written by Lucinda McKnight, Lecturer in Pedagogy and Curriculum, Deakin University
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A report of a review of NAPLAN released in recent days cited the writing part of the test to be the most problematic. The report noted the NAPLAN

[…] has led to formulaic writing in students’ responses to the prompt and, as a further unintended consequence, to formulaic teaching of writing in some schools as they seek to...

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