Advocacy groups welcome move but urge broader action
2 Nov 2 · 5d ago · 1 post · 4 comments · 1 source · development 2 of 2
The Heads Up Alliance, a grassroots parent movement against screen time, welcomes the reforms but calls for more comprehensive measures, framing the 2008 Digital Education Revolution as 'a vast experiment on our children.'
“New South Wales' recently announced screen time parameters and proposed NAPLAN reforms are welcome steps in the right direction. However, more will be needed to reverse the decline in Australian educational standards.”
Dany Elachi
Prue Car NSW Deputy Premier and Education MinisterMarian Vidal-Fernandez University of Sydney associate professor (economist)Anabela Malpique Edith Cowan University associate professorDany Elachi Founder of Heads Up AllianceAustralian education ministers Federal and state/territory leaders
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NAPLAN is fantastic data for schools to figure out where things are working and where they aren't. The data should absolutely never be released publicly though (with the possible exception of the progress metric) Yeah no it isn't. Even the manufacturers of those test card systems say you have to test every day in order to get any reliable…
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every school i have worked in has only used it for that. when assigning kids to classes in year 7, they are very based upon naplan results. and kids dont tend to change classes that much over the rest of the years, sure there will be 2-3 in each class who change, but thats another 25 or so who stay in the lower/higher performing classes.
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The kids can’t write fast enough because they don’t practice and don’t have situations where they need to write fast though. Unfortunately kids have fuck all intrinsic motivation these days. So you need to give them things that the extrinsic motivators kick in for. Which unfortunately is often assessments.
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I will forever be grateful for my typing and word processing classes in high school back in the 90s.
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