National Testing in Schools 2015
DOI: 10.4324/9781315659312-4
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Questioning the Validity of the Multiple Uses of NAPLAN Data

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“…Commentators and politicians confuse correlation and causation when they claim direct causal connections between test scores and aspects of schooling. This misuse of evidence is also seen when measurements of attainment in numeracy or literacy are taken to provide evidence of the effectiveness of teachers, schools, states or even the country as a whole [43].…”
Section: International Data Gatheringmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Commentators and politicians confuse correlation and causation when they claim direct causal connections between test scores and aspects of schooling. This misuse of evidence is also seen when measurements of attainment in numeracy or literacy are taken to provide evidence of the effectiveness of teachers, schools, states or even the country as a whole [43].…”
Section: International Data Gatheringmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This is despite a myriad of cultural and contextual differences that are overlooked and underserved. As such, school performance measured by the same assessments, present students in a deficit light (Klenowski, 2016). Marika (2000) states that the practice of National literacy benchmarks is 'doubly discriminatory.'…”
Section: Equitable Education Would Value Both Aboriginal and Non-abormentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Reflecting upon the OECD's (2013) emphasis upon the importance of a variety of formative and summative assessment tasks, and O'Neill's (2013) differentiation between primary and secondary uses of test data at school and systemic levels, Klenowski (2016) argues the dominance of secondary uses of data calls into question the validity of such approaches; she questions «whether the policy can deliver accountability without negatively impacting high quality and high-equity teaching and learning» (p. 44).…”
Section: «Data Use» and Teachers' Learningmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Reflecting the power of NAPLAN in the Australian context, this data was accorded primacy; while the validity of the use of NAPLAN has been questioned more broadly in the Australian context (Klenowski, 2016), in these discussions, there was a sense in which NAPLAN data was ascribed an authority to which other forms of data could only aspire.…”
Section: «Felicity: But What's Written In Here Really Could Be Anythimentioning
confidence: 99%