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Five things we wouldn't know without NAPLAN

  • Written by Peter Goss, School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute
Five things we wouldn't know without NAPLANWe may need to rethink how NAPLAN is used, but overall it's an important tool for researchers and policy makers.Shutterstock

NAPLAN testing starts this week. With calls for a review and one of the world’s leading education experts calling the writing portion “the worst one of the 10 or 12 of the international tests” and “by...