Modern Australian

Let’s abandon NAPLAN – we can do better

  • Written by Nan Bahr, Pro Vice Chancellor (Students)/ Dean of Education, Southern Cross University

NAPLAN testing starts this week. With calls for a review, many education experts are calling the Future of NAPLAN into question. In this series, the experts look at options for removing, replacing, rethinking or resuming NAPLAN.


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