The Oak Flats students caught up in the NAPLAN blunder, reported in Friday’s Mercury, have been given a reprieve of sorts.
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The NSW Education Standards Authority sent a statement to the Mercury stating the “Year 9 students at Oak Flats High School will receive unofficial bands for their NAPLAN numeracy tests from NESA”.
NESA further stated “as the numeracy test may have been compromised the results were not included in the student reports with the other NAPLAN tests”.
Results were deemed inadmissible and withheld from the students because a supervisor didn’t follow protocol during the numeracy exam by allowing students to take a break.
A school parent expressed her disappointment that her daughter’s numeracy results weren’t included because the teacher supervising the test “stuffed up”.
The story generated plenty of debate online, with some Mercury readers questioning the value of the controversial NAPLAN test.
One wrote: “It’s pointless and causes unnecessary stress on students. Last year I signed a waver to stop my daughter doing it as she was so stressed and the teacher still made her do it. Get rid of it.”