Naplan - how hard is this?

[i-need-a-martini]

I have been trying to help my daughter plan and study for Year 7 Naplan and I give up!

The reading task is so complicated and the maths is impossible for me. The latter I can understand as maths isn't my strong point but reading and comprehension is something I have always been good at.

I can only suggest that my daughter (who has a learning difficulty) do what she can but I suspect most of her pages will be blank!

Anyone elses kids doing Year 7 Naplan at the moment?

[morgana2408]

It not just parents that take students  out off Naplan, I know of two schools who ask lower preforming students to stay at home. That's why I believe the tests don't truly reflect anything.

[azureline**]

Illegal for schools to ask students to stay home and they should be reported

[j*oono]

This is all pretty much heresay isn't it.  I have never known any parent that was asked to keep their child away and I doubt anyone else here has either except for word of mouth.

[krylekathe1]

I had my daughter exempted from all areas of NAPLAN except for the math.

She was too stressed about the reading, and whilst capable, I don't believe it was worth the worry for her to have to do it. She enjoys math, so she's doing that, and hopefully it will demonstrate to her it's not a big deal.

NAPLAN data is of most use to a school. It can tell the school where they have a problem with their teaching ie. If all the students do badly in year 3 division, the teachers know they need to teach it differently.

As an individual indicator, it's next to useless.
Children must make up the test that week if they are absent, so no point keeping them home unless you do it all week.

Get them exempted, it's not hard. They can be exempted on social /emotional grounds as well as disability.

[raptor_rebooted]

if naplan - a test which does not require

studying for -  causes so much stress - how are 

students going to cope with yr 12 final exam

which their future depends on?  

something doesn't seem right.

[youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit]

One of the chief purposes of Naplan is comparative data collection across Australia.  

Final exams- end of year, HSC/ VCE etc are based on the particular curriculum the student has studied.

IE The text they have studied is what is used to test them- if they studied Chaucer, they are tested on Chaucer.

Naplan is not the same.

[6335val]

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@j*oono wrote:

This is all pretty much heresay isn't it.  I have never known any parent that was asked to keep their child away and I doubt anyone else here has either except for word of mouth.

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Well, i know of 3 students whos parents were "advised" that they should not do the Naplan.

The three should of been doing the Yr 7 Naplan this week. All 3 have never done a Naplan

[raptor_rebooted]

my point is - children should not be stressed

over naplan to the point they need to be exempt.

naplan has been part of the education system

for many years now.  

[gleee58]

If anything it's good practice for later in life if they get comfortable with testing processes early. 

Asking children to stay away potentially rips them off with any extra funding that might have come their way if the results indicate it's necessary.  

[krylekathe1]

NAPLAN results have nothing to do with funding eligibility. At all. Ever.

Children who miss out out due to absences have to make up the tests that week. Therefore, no one can miss out by being asked to stay home unless they stay home all week.

These are facts.

Parents can be asked if they wish to exempt there children. If a child has a disability they should be, no point stressing them over something that serves no purpose for them to do it.

Parents make that choice. Some choose to make their kids sit it to prove a point - that the child is struggling. However the results don't have anything to do with disability funding, so it's a pointless exercise that makes kids suffer unnecessarily.