Students begin sitting NAPLAN tests

The pressure is on for more than a million school children across Australia as they begin sitting the compulsory NAPLAN test.

Students begin sitting NAPLAN tests

The pressure is on for more than a million school children across Australia as they begin sitting the compulsory NAPLAN test.

The annual testing comes amid criticism that it is failing to adequately measure student abilities, as well as causing some students severe anxiety.

Naomi Selvaratnam reports.

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