'Hothousing students is dishonest': Schools' Naplan warning

By Alexandra Smith
Updated December 8 2017 - 9:43am, first published November 20 2017 - 11:21am
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEMPTEMBER 06: Students protest NAPLAN at NSW Parliament on SEMPTEMBER: 6, 2017 in Sydney, Australia.  (Photo by Christopher Pearce/Fairfax Media)
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEMPTEMBER 06: Students protest NAPLAN at NSW Parliament on SEMPTEMBER: 6, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Christopher Pearce/Fairfax Media)
'Hothousing students is dishonest': Schools' Naplan warning
'Hothousing students is dishonest': Schools' Naplan warning

More than 11,000 year 9 students are trialling new online literacy and numeracy tests which they must pass in order to qualify for their HSC but teachers and academics warn that the exams could put schools under pressure to "hothouse" students.

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