naplan 2010
It seems rather difficult to get correct information from most government sites with regards to NAPLAN.
Any parent/carer in any state that decides to WITHDRAW their child from participation is entitled to do so. Even the mySchool website appears to imply that this is not the case.
In 2009, nearly 10% of students in 3, 5, 7 and 9 in Victoria did NOT participate, so to claim that "all students in 3, 5, 7 and 9" do is more than simply inaccurate, and amounts to near pressured propaganda.
If you're unsure how to obtain a from, please email me and I'll provide a link to one of my pages (as I cannot add such here as I have been informed such is considered spam).
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Comment by Jean-Michel David on May 11, 2010 at 11:32am -
Why the heck would you WANT to be part of it!??!
Can you provide evidence that it has any pedagogical benefit?
When the standardised tests were first introduced, there were claims that this was simply to provide a snapshot. This has of course been shown to rather be false.
In the UK, people are finally waking up to themselves as to the negative impact of what are there called SATs - basically, the equivalent OECD PISA-inspired quantification of student 'outcomes'.
In some schools, an enormous amount of time has been taken away from breadth and depth of learning in order to 'prepare' students for the limitations of these standardised tests. So for example, the negative impact on students' engagement in the disciplines of history, geography, and a host of other areas, has already been documented by the Cambridge review – an impact that bureaucrats seem to have been unable to foresee.
In addition, of course, in a broad and rich educational landscape – there will be some schools whose philosophical foundations stands fundamentally opposed to such testing.
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Comment by Kelvin Markham on May 11, 2010 at 8:28am - Why the heck would you not want to be part of it?
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Comment by Jean-Michel David on March 4, 2010 at 9:16pm
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PS - in NSW, where you're located, last year's information to school included the following (I do not have this year's yet):
"Students may also be withdrawn from the test at the request of the parent/carer."
This followed a longer explanation for exemption of students (note, again, the difference between these two terms).
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Comment by Jean-Michel David on March 4, 2010 at 8:46pm
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The way for a parent/carer to (the correct term is) WITHDRAW (not 'exempt') their child from participating from NAPLAN is to complete a form that simply and clearly mentions this.
EVERY school in every STATE has that as an option - it's just not usually mentioned to parents, nor is it readily available on the official information pamphlets.
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