News Encyclopedia: “Bizarre” NAPLAN measures “wrong things”, expert says

Migrant children outperform Australian born kids in classroom.

Migrant children outperform Australian born kids in classroom. Source: Getty Imagy

One of the world’s leading education experts says NAPLAN writing tests are absurd and are turning Australian children into bad writers. Education ministers from different states and territories are now calling for a federal overhaul of NAPLAN. Winmas Yu explains in this episode of News Encyclopedia.



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