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https://www.theage.com.au/educat ... 0200828-p55q9v.html "Year 9 students would no longer sit the revamped test, with students to be assessed in year 10 instead. All students in years 3, 5 and 7 would also sit the new test." " The test would also be moved from May to as early in the school year as possible, to prevent schools "teaching to the test" to lift their results. Students and teachers should also get results within one week of the test, ....." "Science and technology would be added to the competencies students are tested on, along with a test of each student's critical and creative thinking. The writing component of the test would also be changed dramatically to discourage schools from taking formulaic or rote approaches to the test that have been the subject of long-standing criticism." |
