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?

[azureline**]

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@rabbitearbandicoot wrote:

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@azureline** wrote:

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@rabbitearbandicoot wrote:

WHY is testing kids so stressful? There have been weekly / monthly tests / Half yearly and Yearly exams ever since Adam was a lad.

What's the problem? Are today's kids different to 10 / 20 /30 years ago? Is it another example of keeping kids wrapped in cotton wool?

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It's the media attention that is making it stressful.

Some children with special needs may find it causes anxiety, so their parents choose to withold them from any kind of testing. (that is their right but it isn't the schools right to exclude them)

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I am talking about ordinary kids not special needs kids. What's wrong with them doing tests / exams? Certainly when they get out of school they are going to have to compete.

My youngest son is a special needs child - there was never any question of him doing any written test - as he cannot read - He was brain and vision damaged at birth. 

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I don't know anyone who withdrew their ordinary? kids from Naplan testing.

I also don't personally know anyone who withdrew their special needs children from the Naplan testing.

(I do know a couple of people who were asked to withdraw their children. I advised them to report this)

There is nothing wrong with testing, imo, it is a necessity.

What is the point of education if they never test to see if they are learning?