NAPLAN "a very poor way of judging a school"

By Ainslee Dennis
Updated May 15 2014 - 1:05pm, first published May 14 2014 - 10:36am
St Joseph's Primary School principal, Mark Mowbray cautions against literacy and numeracy being the only measure of success by which an individual or school is judged.
St Joseph's Primary School principal, Mark Mowbray cautions against literacy and numeracy being the only measure of success by which an individual or school is judged.

STUDENTS as young as eight years of age will hide in school toilets, cry and some will vomit with the feelings that come with the requirement to do the National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN).

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