Report
Other Documents
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2017 National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy Persuasive Writing Marking Guide
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It’s time for a new NAPLAN. April 09, 2018
“Testing to the Teaching: Anglophone Writing Assessments and their Redesign.” Invited Public Lecture. New South Wales Teacher Federation Friday Forum. Sydney, Australia. May 4, 2018.
TV
Les Perelman interview on Australian Broadcasting Company Morning Breakfast 20 April 2018
Les Perelman on Australian Today Show
“NAPLAN’s writing test is ‘bizarre’ but here’s how kids can get top marks.” Natasha Robinson Australian Broadcasting Company
Press
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Margan, M. Daily Mail Australia. (8 April 2018). “NAPLAN exams are turning thousands of Australian students ‘into bad writers’ – but these simple tricks will help your child get the top marks.”
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Karp, P. The Guardian (Australian edition). (8 April 2018). “’Bizarre’ Naplan writing test measures ‘all the wrong things’, US expert says.”
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Vnuk, H. MamaMia. (11 April 2018). “A cheat sheet on how to ace the NAPLAN writing test is going viral. Should you use it?”
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Pillhofer, A. Mackay Daily Mercury. 9 April 2018 “Is NAPLAN turning our kids into bad writers?”
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EducationHQ. (10 April 2018). “’Reductive’ NAPLAN tests turning students into bad writers, expert says.”
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Latifi, A. Illawarra Mercury. (17 April 2018) “Illawarra education experts call for overhaul to ‘severely defective’ NAPLAN tests.”
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Cook., H. The Age. (11 April 2018). “’Detrimental’: Victoria joins the push for a review of NAPLAN.”
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Hogan, D. The Guardian (Australian Edition). (9 April 2018). “Naplan’s writing tasks are crude and arbitrary. As teachers we feel voiceless.”
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Sowey, M. John Menadue – Pearls and Irritations. (9 May 2018). “The NAPLAN persuasive writing test subverts critical thinking.”