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The NAPLAN is trying to do too much. It needs urgent reform to be a 'diagnostic' test only

  • Written by Venesser Fernandes, Lecturer in Leadership Studies, Monash University
The NAPLAN is trying to do too much. It needs urgent reform to be a 'diagnostic' test onlyShutterstock

In a recent radio interview, Australian Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan was asked whether NAPLAN is the best way to check how students are going academically.

The minister said:

ministers have had a look at what else takes place across the globe, and NAPLAN is regarded as one of the best tools for measuring how our children are...

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