Education
The 10-year-old scientists who have won a Eureka Prize
Caitlyn Walker and Amelia Lai, both 10, have gone from knowing next to nothing about bees to donning bee suits and building bee hotels.
- by Pallavi Singhal
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Opinion
Education
Five steps to fair school funding
Memo to Australia’s new Education Minister: here’s a five-step plan to seal a deal on school funding.
- by Peter Goss
Education
Mission critical: Fake-news test helps students take a giant leap
Victoria is at the forefront of teaching critical and creative thinking.
- by Henrietta Cook
Education
Future of NAPLAN questioned as results show no change over 10 years
The NSW Education Minister and experts have questioned the future of NAPLAN tests as results show there have been no gains in most areas since the tests began.
- by Pallavi Singhal
Education
'Crucial to the life of a child': The crisis facing child's play
Learning through play is disappearing from the early primary years as teachers focus on meeting benchmarks and producing data, according to new research.
- by Jordan Baker
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Naplan
ACT students perform well, but not brilliantly, in latest NAPLAN tests
The latest school results are published amid controversy over whether they are valid.
- by Markus Mannheim
Naplan
Testing times for Queensland students
NAPLAN data reveals Qld has highest rates of withdrawal.
- by Alison Brown
Education
Online NAPLAN test gave some students a nine-point boost
"Your son or daughter might have got some extra marks there because they did it online"; NAPLAN online boosts some, disadvantages others
- by Jordan Baker
Education
The reason students don't sit online VCE exams
Year 12 exams across Australia are still largely delivered via pen-and-paper. This is why.
- by Henrietta Cook
Education
The 15-point advantage of NAPLAN online
"Be a bit cautious in thinking you've managed to suddenly increase your writing scores,” Victoria's curriculum authority has warned.
- by Henrietta Cook
Education
One-fifth of year 9 students miss NAPLAN writing benchmark
Students have achieved their lowest writing results since NAPLAN began, with more than one-fifth of year 9 students not reaching the national minimum standard.
- by Pallavi Singhal