Australian Education: Uncovering the NAPLAN Surprise Charade

Why are we pretending to be surprised at NAPLAN results? Neglected and under-resourced schools The recent NAPLAN results have once again disappointed many, but they are not surprising. The most disadvantaged students in New South Wales attend neglected and under-resourced schools, where a significant proportion of the student cohort would be considered “hard-to-teach” and/or high […]