This is our final Year 9 NAPLAN WitCH. It is from the calculator part of the 2017 test.
Month: March 2024
WitCH 127: Sheep Stations
WitCH 126: Salt in the Wounds
This is the third and final one from the 2019 Year 9 NAPLAN Test, again from the calculator part.
WitCH 125: Gordian Cutting
Here is a second one from the 2019 Year 9 NAPLAN test, this time from the calculator part.
WitCH 124: Blunderbus
On we go with our NAPLAN WitCHfest. The next few are from the 2019 Year 9 test. This one, from the non-calculator part, is not as bad as the previous WitCHes, and I thought at times to let it go. But every time I took it off the list it felt wrong to do so. So, here it is. Tell me I’m wrong.
WitCH 123: Blockheads
Ok, I’ve started to look more carefully, and my conclusion will come as no great surprise to the “I told you so” readers: NAPLAN still really sucks. Clearly, my informant was drunk.
Over the next few days, I will be posting a number of WitCHes, on questions from the post-2016 tests to which I currently have access. I’ll then try hard to find the time to write on NAPLAN more generally. I have also updated The ACARA Page with internal links, to make it easier to access all the NAPLAN posts and articles from over the years.
WitCH 122: Life on the Breadline
This is the second of our NAPLAN WitCHes. As with the first WitCH, this is from the 2018 Year 9 test, calculator part, and was also brought to our attention by Simon the Likeable. It’s probably more of a PoSWW, but what the hell. We’ll just label them all WitCHes, so as to keep the theme.
WitCH 121: Not Swimming, Drowning
As regular readers would be aware, I’ve started pondering NAPLAN again. Reluctantly. Ten years ago I spent a lot of time hammering the NAPLAN tests, which were faux-secret and were appalling. I then happily forgot about it, to concentrate upon other crusades. But, as I posted recently, it was suggested by someone that the tests had improved. Maybe. But that post also triggered comments and emails, suggesting there were renewed concerns and new concerns. So, since no one else does this, I’ll look. Continue reading “WitCH 121: Not Swimming, Drowning”
A Quick Question About ACER
I’ve written very little about the Australian Council for Educational Research (weird italics in the original). I recently whacked some nonsense from ACER’s CEO, Geoff Masters, and of course there was the gender madness, courtesy of some clown at ACER’s UK offshoot. I also have another ACER-related post in the works, but mostly I’ve left them alone. As I wrote in the preamble to whacking Masters,
Unlike VCAA and ACARA, for example, ACER has not appeared to be omnipresently idiotic. For the most part ACER just professionally goes about its business, quietly screwing things up. Continue reading “A Quick Question About ACER”