Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 122, 13 May 2010, p. 3490.

[2]        Senate Standing References Committee on Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Inquiry into administration and reporting of NAPLAN testing – Interim report, 27 July 2010.

[3]        Journals of the Senate, No. 3, 30 September 2010, p. 160.

[4]        See for example: Michael Owen and Verity Edwards, 'Teacher faces axe for cheating,' The Australian, 14 May 2010, pp 1-2; Melinda Howells, 'Spotlight on NAPLAN as teacher stood down,' ABC News online HUhttp://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/13/2898923.htmUH.

Chapter 2 - National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN)

[1]        Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), Submission 261, p. 3.

[2]        HUhttp://www.naplan.edu.au/faqs/writing_2011_faqs.htmlUH (accessed 18 October 2010).

[3]        ACARA, Submission 261, p. 3.

[4]        Information available from:  HUhttp://www.naplan.edu.au/home_page.htmlUH (accessed 14 October 2010).

[5]        For information on timing see HUhttp://www.naplan.edu.au/faqs/naplan_release_2010_faqs.htmlUH (accessed 5 November 2010). Examples of student reports can be found at HUhttp://www.naplan.edu.au/reports/student_report.htmlUH (accessed 5 November 2010).

[6]        Eurydice, National Testing of Pupils in Europe: Objectives, Organisation and Use of Results, European Commission, 2009, pp14-18. For South Korea see School Accountability Framework Review: National and International Perspectives and Approaches, South Korea, HUhttp://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/accountability/Docs/SOUTH%20KOREA.pdfUH (accessed on 22 October 2010). For Canada see Council of Ministers of Education, Canada, website HUhttp://www.cmec.ca/Programs/assessment/pancan/Pages/default.aspxUH (accessed 3 November 2010).

[7]        For information on Canada's national assessment system see HUhttp://www.cmec.ca/Programs/assessment/pancan/Pages/default.aspxUH (accessed 3 November 2010).

[8]        See Catherine Andrews et al, Compulsory assessment systems in the INCA countries: Thematic Probe, HUhttp://www.inca.org.uk/pdf/Compulsory_assessment_systems.pdfUH (accessed 3 November 2010).

[9]        Ms Leonie Trimper, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 2.

[10]      ACARA, Submission 261, pp 1-3. The National Assessment Program (NAP) encompasses all assessments endorsed by MCEETYA (now MCEECDYA). The ongoing assessment program monitors progress towards national education goals and includes NAPLAN tests, sample assessments in science, civics and citizenship, ICT literacy, and Australia's involvement in international assessments. For more information on the NAP see HUhttp://www.mceecdya.edu.au/mceecdya/nap-national_assessment_program,16358.htmlUH (accessed 2 November 2010).

[11]      ACARA, Submission 261, pp 4-8. Also see Appendix 3 of the ACARA submission for a technical explanation of test development.

[12]      Information available from:  HUhttp://www.naplan.edu.au/faqs/napfaq.htmlUH (accessed 14 October 2010).

[13]      Barber, M and Mourshed, M, How the world's best-performing school systems come out on top, McKinsey & Company, p.38. Available at HUhttp://www.mckinsey.com/App_Media/Reports/SSO/Worlds_School_Systems_Final.pdfUH (accessed 19 October 2010).

[14]      See for example Australian Council for Educational Research, Submission 192; Australian Primary Principals Association, Submission 228; Junee Teachers Association, Submission 147; Australian Council for Educational Leaders, Submission 238; ACT Department of Education and Training, Submission 272.

[15]      Additional information provided to the committee, Ben Jensen, Measuring What Matters: Student Progress, Grattan Institute Report No 2010-1, January 2010, p. 4.

[16]      Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), Submission 207, p. 1.

[17]      ACT Council of Parents and Citizens Associations, Submission 226, p. 9.

[18]      Independent Education Union of Australia, Submission 222, p. 3.

[19]      Jacqui Frew, Submission 252, p. 1. See also Maria Logan, Submission 245, p. 1; Phil Cullen AM, Submission 20, p. 1; James Ryan, Submission 249, p. 1; Bernadette Dunne, Submission 83, p. 1; Margaret Fahey, Submission 250, p. 1; Helen Russell, Submission 124, p. 1; NSW Teachers Federation – Barrack Heights Public School, Submission 164, pp 1-2.

[20]      Information available from:  HUhttp://www.naplan.edu.au/faqs/napfaq.htmlUH (accessed 14 October 2010).

[21]      ACER, Submission 192, p. 2.

[22]      Geoff N Masters, Glenn Rowley, John Ainley, Siek Toon Khoo, ACER, Reporting and comparing school performances, paper for the MCEETYA EWG, December 2008, p. 4.

[23]      Department of Education Tasmania, Submission 162, p. 2.

[24]      The Government of South Australia, Submission 269, p. 1.

[25]      Mrs Sharyn Lidster, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 37.

[26]      ACT Council of Parents and Citizens Associations, Submission 226, p. 9.

[27]      Geoff N Masters, Glenn Rowley, John Ainley, Siek Toon Khoo, ACER, Reporting and comparing school performances, paper for the MCEETYA EWG, December 2008, p. 1.

[28]      Australian Parents Council, Submission 233, p. 4.

[29]      Australian Education Union, Submission 231, p. 43.

[30]      NSW Teachers Federation – Barrack Heights Public School, Submission 164, p. 1.

[31]      Montagu Bay Primary School Association, Submission 194, p. 1.

[32]      Dr Ben Jensen, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 14.

[33]      ACER, Submission 192, p. 2.

[34]      Seymour College, Submission 263; Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), Submission 207; Montagu Bay Primary Association, Submission 194; Sharon Melink, Submission 219; Northern Territory Department of Education and Training, Submission 270; Government of South Australia, Submission 269; Australian Council for Educational Leaders, Submission 238, p. 4.

[35]      David Andrich, Submission 149, p. 1.

[36]      Spensley Street Primary School, Submission 232; Emerald State School, Submission 259; Rosey Nelson, Submission 223; Karen Carpenter, Submission 195.

[37]      The Assessment Research Centre, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, Submission 188, p. 1.

[38]      Margaret Wu, Submission 208, p. 4.

[39]      Margaret Wu, Submission 208, p. 2.

[40]      Margaret Wu, Interpreting NAPLAN Results for the Layperson, HUhttp://www.appa.asn.au/images/news/naplanforlayperson20091022.pdfUH (accessed on 14 October 2010); video of Associate Professor Wu's analysis of the limitations of NAPLAN data  HUhttp://www.nswtf.org.au/media/latest_2010/20100921_wu_address.htmlUH (accessed 18 October 2010).

[41]      Mr Robert Lipscombe, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 58.

[42]      Professor Geofferey Masters, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 47.

[43]      Professor Geofferey Masters, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 47.

[44]      Dr Peter Hill, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 69.

[45]      Professor Geofferey Masters, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 48.

[46]      Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, Supplementary Submission, p. 6.

[47]      Department of Education Tasmania, Submission 162, p. 6; Australian Education Union (South Australia branch), Submission 79,  p. 12; New South Wales Primary Principals' Association, Submission 229, pp 5-6, Submission 209, p. 5.

[48]      Department of Education Tasmania, Submission 162, p. 6.

[49]      APPA, Submission 228, p. 10.

[50]      Submission 47, p. 1; Submission 46, p. 1; Submission 42, p. 1; Submission 30, p. 1.

[51]      Professor Brian Caldwell, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 November 2010, p. 2

[52]      Northern Territory Government, Submission 270, p. 3.

[53]      Northern Territory Government, Submission 270, p. 3.

[54]      Submission 39, p.1; Sir Joseph Banks High School, Submission 27, p. 1.

[55]      New South Wales Teachers Federation, Submission 169, p.12.

[56]      Sir Joseph Banks High School, Submission 27, p. 1.

[57]      Sir Joseph Banks High School, Submission 27, p. 1.

[58]      Multicultural Development Association, Submission 265, p. 5; Save Our Schools, Submission 262, pp 62-63, Australian Education Union, Submission 231, p. 27; Epping Heights Public School, Submission 237, p. 2.

[59]      Submission 13, p. 3; Farrah Tomazin, 'Doubt on state's national testing', The Age, 14 May 2010, p. 5; Justine Ferrari, 'Gillard to check on NAPLAN absentees', The Australian, 13 May 2010, p. 8; HUhttp://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/11/2896141.htmUH (accessed 19 October 2010).

[60]      Mrs Elizabeth Singer, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 31.

[61]      Dr Peter Hill, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 70. For definitions concerning student participation in NAPLAN testing see 'National Protocols for Test Administration,' ACARA, Submission 261, Attachment 6, pp 3-7.

[62]      ACARA, Supplementary Submission, p. 4.

[63]      Farrah Tomazin, 'Doubt on state's national testing', The Age, 14 May 2010, p. 5.

[64]      ACARA, Supplementary Submission, p. 3.

[65]      See HUhttp://www.naplan.edu.au/faqs/napfaq.htmlUH (accessed 4 November 2010).

[66]      Special provisions which typically reflect the support normally provided in the classroom may be provided to students with disabilities or special needs. Additionally, students can be exempted from one or more NAPLAN tests if they have significant intellectual or functional disability. However, this is not automatic and parents may choose for their child to participate. Signed parent/carer consent forms are required for students exempted from the tests. Information available from: HUhttp://www.naplan.edu.au/faqs/napfaq.htmlUH (accessed 15 October 2010). For detailed information on definitions concerning student participation in NAPLAN testing see 'National Protocols for Test Administration,' ACARA, Submission 261, Attachment 6, pp 3-7.

[67]      Justine Ferrari, 'Gillard to check on NAPLAN absentees', The Australian, 13 May 2010, p. 8; Jewel Topsfield, 'Gillard to track national testing turnout', The Age, 13 May 2010, p. 4.

[68]      Queensland Indigenous ESL and FNQ Language Perspectives, Submission 230, p. 1.

[69]      Submission 4, p. 1; for discussion of NAPLAN performance by students from different migrant backgrounds see Save Our Schools, Submission 262, pp 57-58; Meryl Child, Submission 107, p. 1.

[70]      Northern Territory Government, Submission 270, p. 1; Submission 17, p. 1. For detailed information regarding recent migrants see Multicultural Development Association, Submission 265.

[71]      For details see Queensland Indigenous ESL and FNQ Language Perspectives, Submission 230, pp 1-4. See also ACT Council of Parents and Citizens Associations, Submission 226, p. 14.

[72]      Queensland Indigenous ESL and FNQ Language Perspectives, Submission 230, p. 1.

[73]      Multicultural Development Association, Submission 265, p. 14; Australian Council of TESOL Associations (ACTA); Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA); and Australian Linguistic Society (ALS), Submission 241, p. 3.

[74]      ACARA, Supplementary Submission, p. 3.

[75]      Sue Thomson and Lisa De Bortoli, Exploring Scientific Literacy: How Australia Measures up, PISA 2006 survey of students' scientific, reading and mathematical literacy skills, 2008, HUhttp://www.acer.edu.au/documents/PISA2006_Report.pdfUH (accessed 18 October 2010).

[76]      COAG Reform Council, National Education Agreement: Baseline performance report for 2008, Sydney, p. 74.

[77]      It is also important to note that meeting the national standard only indicates a basic, not necessarily a high, level of literacy and numeracy. See COAG Reform Council, National Education Agreement: Baseline performance report for 2008, Sydney, p. 84.

[78]      Professor Geofferey Masters, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 53.

[79]      Dr Peter Hill, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 75.

[80]      Professor Brian Caldwell, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 November 2010, p. 5.

[81]      Dr Ben Jensen, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 15.

[82]      Dr Ben Jensen, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 15.

[83]      Australian Education Union, Submission 231, p. 20.

[84]      Submission 13, pp 1-2; Submission 105, p. 1. For more on pressure to alter teaching methods see for example Australian Education Union, Submission 231, pp 23-24.

[85]      New South Wales Teachers Federation, Submission 169, p. 12.

[86]      Dr Peter Hill, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 69.

[87]      The Hon. Julia Gillard MP, transcript of interview on the ABC's Lateline, 5 May 2010, HUhttp://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2010/s2891489.htmUH (accessed 4 November 2010).

[88]      Jared Owens and Naomi Lim, 'Principal stood down over tests', Weekend Australian, 2 October 2010, p. 5; Lisa Martin, 'Seven schools in NAPLAN cheating', Sydney Morning Herald, 1 October 2010; Jewel Topsfield, 'Schools cheating on national tests', The Age, 12 May 2010, p. 3.

[89]      Save Our Schools, Submission 262, pp 68-72; ACT Council of Parents and Citizens Associations, Submission 226, pp 12-13.

[90]      Save Our Schools, Submission 262, pp 68-72; Australian Education Union, Submission 231, p. 5; ABC online, 'Claims of cheating on NAPLAN tests', HUhttp://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/12/2897008.htmUH (accessed 20 October 2010).

[91]      ACT Council of Parents and Citizens Associations, Submission 226, p. 13.

[92]      News South Wales Primary Principals' Association, Submission 229, p. 4.

[93]      Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, Supplementary Submission, p. 8.

[94]      Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, Supplementary Submission, p. 8.

[95]      Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, Supplementary Submission, p. 8.

[96]      Jared Owens, 'Principal stood down over tests', Weekend Australian, 2 October 2010, p. 5.

[97]      Michael Owen, 'Teacher felt under pressure over tests', Weekend Australian, 15 May 2010, p. 6.

[98]      Ms Leonie Trimper, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 7.

Chapter 3

[1]        Geofferey Masters, Glenn Rowley, John Ainley, Siek Toon Khoo, ACER, Reporting and comparing school performances, paper for the MCEETYA EWG, December 2008, p. 1.

[2]        COAG Communiqué, 29 November 2008.

[3]        COAG Communiqué, 29 November 2008.

[4]        COAG Communiqué, 29 November 2008.

[5]        COAG Communiqué, 29 November 2008.

[6]        See also Geoff N Masters, Glenn Rowley, John Ainley, Siek Toon Khoo, ACER, Reporting and comparing school performances, paper prepared for the MCEETYA EWG, December 2008, p. v.

[7]        See also Geoff N Masters, Glenn Rowley, John Ainley, Siek Toon Khoo, ACER, Reporting and comparing school performances, paper for the MCEETYA EWG, December 2008, p. 13.

[8]        Geoff N Masters, Glenn Rowley, John Ainley, Siek Toon Khoo, ACER, Reporting and comparing school performances, paper for the MCEETYA EWG, December 2008, p. 17.

[9]        Geoff N Masters, Glenn Rowley, John Ainley, Siek Toon Khoo, ACER, Reporting and comparing school performances, paper for the MCEETYA EWG, December 2008, p. viii.

[10]      Geoff N Masters, Glenn Rowley, John Ainley, Siek Toon Khoo, ACER, Reporting and comparing school performances, paper for the MCEETYA EWG, December 2008, pp 23-24.

[11]      'Reporting & Comparing School Performances,' MCEETYA communiqué, 20 April 2009, HHUUhttp://www.appa.asn.au/index.php/appa-business/news-items/521-mceetya-paper-reporting-a-comparing-school-performancesUUHH (accessed 8 November 2010).

[12]      MCEETYA Communiqué, April 2009.

[13]      ACARA, Submission 261, p. 11.

[14]      ACARA, Submission 261, p. 11.

[15]      ACARA, Submission 261, p. 11.

[16]      ACARA, Submission 261, p. 11.

[17]      ACARA, Submission 261, pp 11-12.

[18]      ACARA, Submission 261, p. 12.

[19]      ACARA, Submission 261, p. 12.

[20]      ACARA, answer to question on notice, 29 October 2010.

[21]      ACARA, Submission 261, p. 13. The Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (MCEECDYA) was established in July 2009, when the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreed to a realignment of the roles of the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA) and the Ministerial Council for Vocational and Technical Education (MCVTE). For more on MCEECDYA see HHUUhttp://www.mceecdya.edu.au/mceecdya/about_mceecdya,11318.htmlUUHH (accessed 10 November 2010).

[22]      ACARA, Submission 261, p. 13.

[23]      ACARA, Submission 261, p. 13.

[24]      ACARA, Submission 261, pp 13-24.

[25]      ACARA, Submission 261, p. 24.

[26]      ACER, Submission 192, p. 4.

[27]      ACARA, Submission 261, pp 25-26.

[28]      For example, see Australian Parents Council Inc., Submission 233, p. 3; Tim Cowgill, Submission 53; ACT Council of Parents and Citizens Associations, Submission 226; Geoffrey Lacey, Submission 138, p. 1; Australian College of Educators, Submission 57; New South Wales Secondary Principals Council, Submission 167.

[29]      For example, see Kenneth Allan James Case, Submission 50, p. 1; ACT Council of Parents and Citizens Associations, Submission 226; Australian Education Union, Submission 231; Trina Wood, Submission 122, p. 1; and Eastern Creek Public School, Submission 133, p. 1.

[30]      Girraween Public School, Submission 132, p. 1.

[31]      Australian Council for Educational Research, Submission 192, p. 5.

[32]      Australian Education Union (SA Branch), Submission 79, p. 2.

[33]      Brenda Montgomery, Submission 120, p. 2. 

[34]      Mr Angelo Gavrielatos, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 56.

[35]      Mr Angelo Gavrielatos, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 58.

[36]      New South Wales Teachers Federation, Submission 169, p. 4; New South Wales Teachers Federation Mt Druitt Campus of Chifley College, Submission 255, p. 2; Mark Drummond, Submission 257; Don Rowe, Submission 8; David Pederson, Submission 26; Spensley Street Primary School, Submission 232, p. 1; Australian Education Union (SA Branch), Submission 79, pp 4-7.

[37]      For a detailed analysis of how statistically similar schools are determined, see Barbara Preston, Submission 235; Mark Drummond, Submission 257.

[38]      Australian Education Union, Submission 231, p. 17.

[39]      Australian Education Union, Submission 231, p. 17.

[40]      Australian Education Union, Submission 231, pp 15-16.

[41]      Department of Education Tasmania, Submission 162, p. 4.

[42]      Barbara Preston, Submission 235, p. 1.

[43]      Barbara Preston, Submission 235, p. 2.

[44]      Mark Drummond, Submission 257, p. 1.

[45]      Barbara Preston, Submission 235, p. 3.

[46]      Data matching is already used to assess tax returns, Centrelink payments etc. For detail see Mark Drummond, Submission 257, p. 4.

[47]      Barbara Preston, Submission 235, p. 3; Mark Drummond, Submission 257.

[48]      ACARA, Submission 261, p. 25.

[49]      ACARA, Submission 261, p. 25.

[50]      ACARA, Supplementary Submission, p. 3.

[51]      ACARA, Supplementary Submission, p. 5.

[52]      See for example: Rosey Nelson on behalf of teachers at Kandos Public School, Submission 223, p. 1; ACT Council of Parents and Citizens Associations, Submission 226, p. 24; Australian Primary Principals Association, Submission 228, p. 2.

[53]      Australian Education Union, Submission 231, p. 20.

[54]      Australian Education Union, Submission 231, p. 20.

[55]      Better Education Australia, Submission 148, p. 1.

[56]      'Privately run school rankings site riles union', ABC News online, HHUUhttp://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/08/2921863.htmUUHH (accessed 8 November 2010).

[57]      Australian Education Union, Submission 231, p. 22.

[58]      Australian Education Union, Submission 231, pp 22-23.

[59]      Australian Education Union (SA Branch), Submission 79, p. 22.

[60]      Australian Primary Principals Association, Submission 228, p. 2.

[61]      NSW Primary Principals' Association, Submission 229, p. 2.

[62]      Department of Education Tasmania, Submission, 162, p. 3.

[63]      Karilyn Varley, Submission 62, p. 1.

[64]      Peter Posetti, Submission 70, p. 1.

[65]      Australian Education Union, Submission 231, p. 43.

[66]      ACT Council of Parents and Citizens Association, Submission 226, p. 28.

[67]      Australian Education Union, Submission 231, p. 30

[68]      NSW Primary Principals' Association, Submission 229, p. 2.

[69]      Dr Peter Hill, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 75.

[70]      ACARA, Supplementary Submission, p. 3.

[71]      Dr Peter Hill, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 74.

[72]      Submission 52 (name withheld), p. 1.

[73]      A letter to the Hon. Julia Gillard MP from the Australian Council of State School Organisations, Australian Education Union, Australian Government Primary Principals Association, Australian Parents Council, Australian Secondary Principals Association and the Independent Education Union of Australia: HHUUhttp://aeufederal.org.au/LT/LTlet171109.pdfUUHH  (accessed 1 November 2010)

[74]      Queensland Council for Parents and Citizens' Associations, Submission 161, p. 2.

[75]      Moggill State School Queensland Education Union, Submission 200, p. 2.

[76]      Australian College of Educators. Submission 57, p. 5.

[77]      Marianne Scholem, Submission 49, p. 1.

[78]      Murray Williams, Submission 6, p. 1.

[79]      Kenneth Allan James Case, Submission 50, p. 1.

[80]      Australian College of Educators, Submission 57, p. 8.

[81]      Australian College of Educators, Submission 57, p. 8.

[82]      Joy Arblaster, Submission 242, p. 1.

[83]      Sylvia Harwood, Submission 153, p. 1.

[84]      Daniel Vuik, Submission 91, p. 1.

[85]      Christine Turner, Submission 243, p. 1.

[86]      Ms Megan Bagworth, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 33.

[87]      ACT Council of Parents and Citizens Associations, Submission 226, p. 6.

[88]      Robin Alexander, Miegunyah Distinguished Visiting Fellowship Program public lecture, The perils of policy: success, amnesia and collateral damage in systemic educational reform, 10 March 2010,  HHUUhttp://www.primaryreview.org.uk/Downloads/MiegunyahLecture.pdfUUHH (accessed 2 November 2010).

[89]      Australian Primary Principals Association, Submission 228; Australian Education Union (South Australia branch), Submission 79, p. 37; Australian Council for Educational Leaders, Submission 238, p. 5; NSW Teachers Federation – Mt Druitt Campus of Chifley College, Submission 255, p. 1.

[90]      Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), Submission 207

[91]      Ms Leonie Trimper, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 4.

[92]      Ms Leonie Trimper, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 5.

[93]      Sharon Melink on behalf of teachers at Pomona State School, Submission 219, p. 1.

[94]      Spensley Street Primary School, Submission 232, p. 2; Epping Heights Public School, Submission 237, p. 1; Christine Turner, Submission 243, p. 1; Moggill State School Queensland Teachers Union, Submission 200, p. 1; Lois McBow, Submission 137, p. 1; Thomas Sleigh, Submission 225, p. 1; Australian Education Union, Submission 231, p. 23.

[95]      Sharon Melink on behalf of teachers at Pomona State School, Submission 219, p. 1.

[96]      Junee Teachers Association, Submission 147, p. 1.

[97]      Australian Education Union, Submission 231, p. 3.

[98]      Australian Education Union, Submission 231, p. 33.

[99]      Australian Education Union, Submission 231, p. 26.

[100]    Helen Stearman, Submission 134, p. 5.

[101]    Lutheran Education Australia, Submission 239, p. 5. See also New South Wales Secondary Principals Council, Submission 167, p. 5; Lois McBow, Submission 137, p. 1; Peter Young, Submission 135, p. 1.

[102]    David Andrich, Submission 149, p. 2.

[103]    Sharon Melink on behalf of teachers at Pomona State School, Submission 219, p. 2.

[104]    Robin Alexander, keynote speech at the University of Melbourne National Curriculum Symposium, 'Reform, Retrench or Recycle? A curriculum cautionary tale', 25 February 2010, HHUUhttp://www.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/news/National_Curriculum_Symposium/2010_National_Curriculum_Symposium.htmlUUHH (accessed 2 November 2010)

[105]    Dr Ben Jensen, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 19.

[106]    Mr Angelo Gavrielatos, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 57.

[107]    Dr Peter Hill, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 78.

[108]    For more information see for example 'Garrett flags national curriculum changes,' The Age online, HHUUhttp://www.theage.com.au/national/education/garrett-flags-national-curriculum-changes-20101006-167tu.htmlUUHH; 'Criticism prompts cut to national curriculum,' ABC News online, HHUUhttp://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/15/3039098.htmUUHH (accessed 5 November 2010).

[109]    Department of Education Tasmania Submission 162, p. 3.

[110]    Australian College of Educators, Submission 57, p. 4.

[111]    Australian College of Educators, Submission 57, p. 6.

[112]    Junee Teachers Association, Submission 147, p. 1.

[113]    NSW Teachers Federation – Mt Druitt Campus of Chifley College, Submission 255, p. 1.

[114]    Mrs Sharyn Lidster, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 39. It should be noted that this information pertains only to the state school system.

[115]    Mr Norm Hart and Ms Leonie Trimper, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 11.

[116]    New South Wales Teachers Federation, Submission 169, p. 3.

[117]    New South Wales Teachers Federation, Submission 169, p. 3.

[118]    See for example Spensley Street Primary School, Submission 232, p. 1; Dianne Stace on behalf of staff at Bouldercombe State School, Submission 146, p. 1; Canley Vale Public School, Submission 202, p. 2; Submission 224 (name withheld), p. 1.

[119]    ACT Council of Parents and Citizens Associations, Submission 226, p. 15.

[120]    Australian Council for Educational Research, Submission 192, p. 4.

[121]    ACARA, Supplementary Submission, p. 3.

[122]    Mr Angelo Gavrielatos, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 59.

[123]    Mr Angelo Gavrielatos, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 60.

[124]    Dr Peter Hill, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 75.

[125]    Professor Brian Caldwell, Submission 74.

[126]    For more detail see Dianne Butland, Testing times: Global trends in marketisation of public education through accountability testing, NSW Teachers Federation, June 2008, pp 20-22.

[127]    Professor Brian Caldwell, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 November 2010, p. 6.

[128]    Professor Brian Caldwell, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 November 2010, p. 7.

[129]    See PISA 2006 results, HHUUhttp://www.pisa.oecd.org/dataoecd/15/13/39725224.pdfUUHH (accessed 1 November 2010).

[130]    See for example Jaekyung Lee, Tracking Achievement Gaps and Assessing the Impact of NCLB on the Gaps: An In-depth Look into National and State Reading and Math Outcome Trends, The Civil Rights Project, Harvard University. See also Student assessment regimes: Getting the balance right for Australia, Draft discussion paper, Queensland Studies Authority, June 2009.

[131]    Dr Peter Hill, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, pp 74-75.

[132]    Australian College of Educations, Submission 57, p. 4.

[133]    Australian College of Educators, Submission 57, p. 4.

[134]    Peter Ridd, Submission 140, p. 4; Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, Measuring Improvements in Learning Outcomes: Best practices to assess the value-added of schools, OECD, 2008; Dr Ben Jensen, 'Measuring What Matters: Student Progress,' Additional Information 4; Dr Ben Jensen, 'Value added measures of school performance: Improving the My School website', Independence, vol. 35, no.1, May 2010, pp 32-36.

[135]    Dr Ben Jensen, 'Measuring What Matters: Student Progress', Additional Information 4.

[136]    Dr Ben Jensen, 'Value added measures of school performance: Improving the My School website', Independence, vol. 35, no.1, May 2010, p. 34.

[137]    Dr Ben Jensen, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 13.

[138]    Dr Ben Jensen, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 14.

[139]    Dr Ben Jensen, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 14.

[140]    Dr Ben Jensen, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 16.

[141]    Dr Ben Jensen, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 18.

[142]    For details on national assessment and school accountability in England see Australian Education Union, Submission 231, pp 6-10.

Government senators' additional and dissenting comments

[1]        ACER, Submission 192, p. 2.

[2]        Information available from:  http://www.naplan.edu.au/faqs/napfaq.html accessed 14 October 2010.

[3]        Dr Peter Hill, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 76.

[4]        For example see the National Indigenous Reform Agreement which uses NAPLAN as the data source for literacy and numeracy available at: http://www.coag.gov.au/intergov_agreements/federal_financial_relations/docs/IGA_FFR_ScheduleF_National_Indigenous_Reform_Agreement.pdf accessed 27 October 2010.

[5]        ACER, Submission 192, p. 2.

[6]        Mrs Sharyn Lidster, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 37.

[7]        Mrs Sharyn Lidster, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 37.

[8]        Mrs Sharyn Lidster, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 46.

[9]        Mrs Elizabeth Singer, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 26.

[10]      Ms Leonie Trimper, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 2.

[11]      The Hon Julia Gillard MP, Media release, NAPLAN National Report Released', 19 December 2010.

[12]      Professor Geoff Masters, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 47.

[13]      Professor Geoff Masters, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 51.

[14]      Dr Ben Jensen, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 13.

[15]      Information available from: http://www.budget.gov.au/2010-11/content/ministerial_statements/indigenous/html/ms_indigenous-03.htm accessed 21 October 2010.

[16]      The Hon Julia Gillard MP, Media release, 'My School stops schools being left behind', 7 February 2010.

[17]      Gary Banks AO, Advancing Australia's 'Human Capital Agenda', Public Administration Today, July-September 2010, p.15.

[18]      Dr Ben Jensen, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 19.

[19]      Dr Ben Jensen, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 20.

[20]      Professor Geoff Masters, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 53.

[21]      Professor Peter Ridd, Submission 140, p. 2.

[22]      Professor Peter Ridd, Submission 140, pp 2-3.

[23]      Mrs Sharyn Lidster, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, pp 38-39.

[24]      Ms Leonie Trimper, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 6.

[25]      Mrs Sharyn Lidster, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 39.

[26]      Professor Geoff Masters, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, pp 48-49.

[27]      Professor Geoff Masters, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 47.

[28]      Dr Peter Hill, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 78.

[29]      Dr Peter Hill, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 76.

[30]      Dr Peter Hill, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 78. See also p. 69.

[31]      See p.20 for further discussion on improving communication.

[32]      Dr Peter Hill, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 76, 78.

[33]      Information available from: http://www.pm.gov.au/Policy_Priorities/Future/Priorities accessed 18 October 2010.

[34]      Ms Leonie Trimper, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 2.

[35]      Dr Peter Hill, Proof Senate Estimates Hansard, Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee, 21 October 2010, p. 88.

[36]      Dr Peter Hill, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 75.

[37]      Dr Peter Hill, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 74.

[38]      ACER, Submission 192, p. 3.

[39]      ACER, Submission 192, pp 2-3.

[40]      Dr Peter Hill, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 78.

[41]      Information available from: http://alp.org.au/agenda/school-reform/online-diagnostic-tools/ accessed 8 November 2010.

[42]      Tanya Chilcott, 'Rort fear from test 'leak', Courier Mail, 13 May 2010, p. 9; ABC News, 'More teachers accused of NAPLAN cheating', 18 May 2010, Michael Owen and Verity Edwards, 'Teacher faces axe for NAPLAN cheating' The Australian, 14 May 2010, p. 1; Linda Cann, 'Cheats on notice', Sunday Times, 16 May 2010, p. 10.

[43]      Tanya Chilcott, 'Student cheating results withheld', Courier Mail, 9 August 2010, p. 7; Jared Owens and Naomi Lim, 'Principal stood down over tests', Weekend Australian, 2 October 2010, p. 5.

[44]      Dr Peter Hill, Proof Senate Estimates Hansard, Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee, 21 October 2010, p. 92.

[45]      Dr Peter Hill, Proof Senate Estimates Hansard, Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee, 21 October 2010, p. 92.

[46]      ACARA, Supplementary submission, pp 8-9.

[47]      ACARA, Submission 261, p. 13.

[48]      ACARA, Submission 261, p. 13.

[49]      ACARA, Submission 261, p. 24.

[50]      Dr Peter Hill, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 71.

[51]      Dr Peter Hill, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 73.

[52]      Professor Geoff Masters, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 48.

[53]      Professor Geoff Masters, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 98.

[54]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 October 2010, p. 71 (please note the proof Hansard incorrectly attributes this quote to Mr Adams. The final Hansard will show that it was Dr Peter Hill).

[55]      Dr Ben Jensen, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 19.

[56]      Mrs Sharyn Lidster, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 38.

[57]      Mrs Sharyn Lidster, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 44.

[58]      See Dr Ben Jensen, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, pp 13-15.

[59]      Dr Ben Jensen, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 22.

[60]      Dr Ben Jensen, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 25.

[61]      See also Geoff N Masters, Glenn Rowley, John Ainley, Siek Toon Khoo, ACER, Reporting and comparing school performances, paper prepared for the MCEETYA EWG, December 2008, p. v.

[62]      Dr Peter Hill, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 69.

[63]      ACARA, Submission 261, pp 25-26.

[64]      ACER, Submission 192, p. 4.

[65]      ACER, Submission 192, p. 6.

[66]      ACARA, Submission 261, p. 26. See also Dr Peter Hill, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, pp 69-70.

[67]      Ms Trimper, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 9.

[68]      The Hon Peter Garrett MP, Media Release, 'Joint Press Conference - MCEEDYA Forum', 18 October 2010.

[69]      The Hon Peter Garrett MP, Media Release, 'Joint Press Conference - MCEEDYA Forum', 18 October 2010.

[70]      Note: a clickwrap agreement is a type of agreement mostly found on the internet which allows users to read the terms of an agreement before accepting them.

[71]      ACARA, Submission 261, p. 26. See also Dr Peter Hill, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 74.

[72]      ACARA, Supplementary submission, p. 3.

[73]      Ms Leonie Trimper, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 2.

[74]      Dr Peter Hill, Proof Senate Estimates Hansard, Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee, 21 October 2010, pp 89-90.

[75]      Dr Peter Hill, Proof Senate Estimates Hansard, Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee, 21 October 2010, p. 90. See also Dr Peter Hill, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 72; ACARA Supplementary submission, p. 3, pp 5-6.

[76]      See Ms Leonie Trimper, APPA, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 3; Dr Ben Jensen, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 16, 17; Mrs Sharyn Lidster, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 42.

[77]      See Mrs Elizabeth Singer, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 26, 27.

[78]      ACARA, Supplementary submission, p. 3.

[79]      ACARA, Supplementary submission, p. 4.

[80]      Ms Leonie Trimper, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 3.

[81]      ACER, Submission 192, p. 6.

[82]      ACARA, Supplementary submission, p. 4.

[83]      Mrs Sharyn Lidster, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 38.

[84]      Dr Peter Hill, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, pp 76-77.

[85]      ACARA, Supplementary submission, p. 2.

[86]      MCEECDYA Communiqué, 15 October 2010.

[87]      Andrew Tillett, 'Alarm over MySchool finance data', West Australian, 15 October 2010, p. 16.

[88]      Andrew Tillett, 'Alarm over MySchool finance data', West Australian, 15 October 2010, p. 16.

[89]      Editorial, 'Only full picture is fair to all schools, The Age, 15 October 2010, p. 18.

[90]       Editorial, 'Only full picture is fair to all schools, The Age, 15 October 2010, p. 18.

[91]      Anna Patty, 'Firth slams rules hiding private school assets'. Sydney Morning Herald, 20 October 2010, p. 8.

[92]      Anna Patty, 'Firth slams rules hiding private school assets', Sydney Morning Herald, 20 October 2010, p. 8.

[93]      Dr Ben Jensen, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 20.

[94]      Andrew Tillett, 'Alarm over MySchool finance data', West Australian, 15 October 2010, p. 16.

[95]      See also 2010 Coalition Election Policy, p. 11 available from: http://www.liberal.org.au/~/media/Files/Policies%20and%20Media/Education/Quality%20Education%20Policy.ashx; Christopher Pyne MP, Speech to the Christian Schools National Policy, 25 May 2010.

[96]      Dr Ben Jensen, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, pp 13-15.

[97]      Professor Geoff Masters, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 50.

[98]      Professor Geoff Masters, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 October 2010, p. 50.

[99]      Dr Ben Jensen, Measuring What Matters: Student Progress, Grattan Institute Report No. 2010-1, January 2010.

[100]    ACER, Submission 192, pp 5-6.

[101]    ACER, Submission 192, p. 6.

[102]    ACER, Submission 192, p. 6.

[103]    http://www.pm.gov.au/Policy_Priorities/Future/Priorities; The Hon Julia Gillard MP, Media release, 'Expert panel for school funding review', 1 May 2010.