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The smell of NAPLAN in the morning : Comments
By Nicole Mockler, published 4/5/2011Like napalm, NAPLAN can kill off much of the actual learning that might otherwise be taking place.
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Education, as with society, is currently based on accountability and comparison. The discussion surrounding performance based pay in Australia exemplifies the current test and score values in education. This also reflects the individual, competitive and comparable nature of our schools. Because of accountability high-test scores have become the focus of education. Student’s achievements are measured by how well they have done in comparison to their neighbour and schools are judged against one another’s academic scores. The emphasis is on measuring education (Eisner, 2005). If education can be measured it is easier to know how effective and successful it is. In doing so, learning becomes a process of getting the best marks and success is based on the individual learner. So why have become technically orientated?