Tag: ACARA

Parents and Education in NSW

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on February 24, 2018

Recently I overheard a conversation between parents in a bookshop. They were struggling to understand NAPLAN, “minimum standards” and what a “band 8” actually meant […]

Posted in Education | Tagged ACARA, ATAR, HSC, minimum standards, NAPLAN, UAC | 1 Comment

The BOSTES Review

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on August 20, 2016

The Review of BOSTES (Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards NSW) commissioned by the NSW Minister for Education in March 2016 has been released. […]

Posted in Education, Government, Professional development | Tagged ACARA, AITSL, BOSTES, managerialism, NAPLAN, NSW_DoE, reform | 10 Comments

The 21st Century Education ‘Debate’ in Australia

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on January 12, 2014

“More than anything else, we want to take the politics out of this issue.” […]

Posted in Education, Government, Professional development | Tagged ACARA, Christopher Pyne, curriculum, Kevin Donnelly, partisan bias, religion | 3 Comments

Pearson & ACARA

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on June 19, 2013

The next generation of NAPLAN literacy and numeracy tests will transform the monitoring of students’ development of these key foundational skills. It will be 21st […]

Posted in Education, Government, Professional development | Tagged ACARA, NAPLAN, Pearson, standardised testing | 9 Comments

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It is highly unlikely that measurement can provide such detail as "three to four months behind" like some kind of supply chain for a business. Behind what? Some mythical average? Where's the insightful analysis? smh.com.au/education…

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Friday essay: 5 museum objects that tell a story of colonialism and its legacy theconversation.com/… via @ConversationEDU

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“Schools have been a driver of the second wave in Europe and elsewhere...the cluster at Al Taqwa College was one of the largest in the state, linked to the outbreaks in Melbourne’s public housing towers.” theconversation.com/… via @ConversationEDU

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Not ‘surprising’ at all imho. aare.edu.au/blog/?p=…

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Told the children I had finally replaced their photo with one of the dog as my new phone wallpaper. They understood. The photo was 10 years old. pic.twitter.com/JjGu…

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