Dr Jennifer Buckingham was quoted in the Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday 23 August, in the article ‘After radical NAPLAN overhaul, one-third of students fail to meet new standards’.
Jennifer Buckingham, director of strategy at literacy company MultiLit, said the changes to reporting means the results are now more aligned with the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), in which around two-thirds of students meet the proficiency benchmark.
“It’s good to have a higher benchmark standard, but it is disappointing we can’t find a way to compare to previous years results,” she said.
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