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Hello Tuesday, it is a
warmish day, I have been awake and up & dressed since 5.30am Leo
got his Naplan results yesterday, for those who don't know Naplan
stands for National Assessment Program-Literacy and Numeracy.
In May the Naplan test
was done by students in years 3,5,7 & 9 across the country the
assessments are supposed to be a snapshot of a child's achievements.
Some parents get all bent out of shape over the results and because
of this I feel some children stress over taking the test. I say to
the child all you can do is the best you are able to do and to the
parent if the results are not that great don't go off just talk to
your child about what they and you can do to make improvements.
Leo's results were not
that great he is below the national minimum standard in writing and
spelling but is much better at reading and grammar & punctuation
his score in numeracy was so so but ghe has improved in that area in
the last few months.
It is not a good test or a good idea. Think there are more accurate and better ways of checking the national education levels. I'm glad you and I hope your grandchildren don't get stressed over it.
ReplyDeleteThere is a wave over here realizing that "teaching to tests" instead of just teaching is what is causing the problem. If we could only get the legislators to see what most teachers know...
ReplyDeleteDear Jo-Anne, here, too, in the United States there are these tests that teaching spend months preparing the children to take. So much stress. Somehow I think that many who are in charge of education in our country have forgotten what education really means--to 'draw out from the child" the knowledge within and then to help that child find ways to enhance what he/she already knows. Peace.
ReplyDeleteYes, testing can be stressful, I always looked not at the scores but at whether there was improvement from the last testing.
ReplyDeleteDiane........Yes there are much better ways indeed
ReplyDeleteChris.......Every child is different and have their own strengths in my opinion
Dee.........These tests cause to much stress for children and some children don't handle tests well, there are better ways to find out a child's ability
Karen.......I feel is a child is trying at school that should mean a lot