Academic Performance Stratification: A Widening Chasm
New data shows the gap between rich and poor students in Australia is growing. Poor students are achieving less than before.
#EducationGap, #SocioeconomicInequality, #NAPLAN, #StudentSuccess, #AustraliaEducation
https://newsletter.tf/student-achievement-gap-widens-for-poor-students/
The gap in student results between rich and poor children in Australia is now wider than it was when NAPLAN tests first started.
#EducationGap, #SocioeconomicInequality, #NAPLAN, #StudentSuccess, #AustraliaEducation
https://newsletter.tf/student-achievement-gap-widens-for-poor-students/
Rethinking Assessment for Generative AI: Orals and discussions
This post is part of a series on rethinking assessment in light of generative AI. The posts draw on research and resources from K-12 and tertiary to suggest ways that educators can design engaging, compelling assessments which shift the narrative away from GAI and "cheating". In a previous post, I talked about the risks associated with trying to "catch" students, such as the ethical issues with detection software, the mistrust created by heavy-handed academic integrity policies, and the [β¦]https://leonfurze.com/2023/09/27/rethinking-assessment-for-generative-ai-orals-and-discussions/
Rethinking Assessment for Generative AI: Beyond the Essay
This post is part of a series on rethinking assessment in light of generative AI. The posts draw on research and resources from K-12 and tertiary to suggest ways that educators can design engaging, compelling assessments which shift the narrative away from GAI and "cheating". Click here for the previous post on oral assessments. There are plenty of good reasons to use the essay as a formal piece of assessment. Essays offer an opportunity for students to demonstrate their knowledge in a [β¦]https://leonfurze.com/2023/10/04/rethinking-assessment-for-generative-ai-beyond-the-essay/
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I love your Mum too. She is clever & smart & direct & plain speaking. That takes guts, especially against the weight of the education institutions system & infrastructure. π₯°
RE: https://aus.social/@haruki_zaemon/116207806778580928
I remember not doing the NAPLAN tests as a kid because my mum wrote a letter to the school saying she didn't want me participating in the farce of testing student to see how well the education system is working and then not actually using that data to increase funding for education anyway.
I love my mum.
The suggested "teach it as theory" approach doubtless works perfectly for cats. But is failing dreadfully when used to teach literacy to Australian school children.
"Today we are learning the writing process."
Edit: Anyone can see that, "Today we are learning to forge sick notes" will work better for children.
#NAPLAN #AusPol #TeachTheCurrriculum #OutcomeBasedCurriculum
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-31/a-third-of-school-students-still-failing-in-literacy-and-numerac/105591626
This is the inconvenient part. When we look at conditions associated with better results in education, they are tied partly to schoolsβ resourcing (funny how chronic underfunding erodes capacity) & partly to context outside the education budget.
We see the consequences of decades of policies designed to enrich the few & screw the poor.
Thank you, as ever.
The latest #NAPLAN (Australian National Assessment Program β Literacy and Numeracy) results have just come out here. They're not good.
You can NOT tell me that #COVID19 isn't a huge part of this.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-30/naplan-national-testing-results/105581218
The fact that the majority of these kids have had #COVID19 at least once will absolutely have something to do with it.
They've been off school due to illness, they have #COVIDbrain, their teachers have been off with #COVID19. All of this and more.
Why are we ignoring this?
Why?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-30/naplan-national-testing-results/105581218
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