Footnotes

CHAPTER 1 - Introduction and overview

[1]        Journals of the Senate, 2013, pp 3928–3929.

[2]        Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 69, pp 7–8.

[3]        Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee, Administration and Reporting of NAPLAN testing, November 2010.

[4]        Journals of the Senate, 13 May 2010, p. 3490.

[5]        Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee, Administration and Reporting of NAPLAN testing, November 2010, pp xi–xii.

[6]        Australian Government Response to the Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee Report on the Administration and Reporting of NAPLAN Testing, August 2011.

[7]        For a discussion of the 2010 inquiry and outstanding recommendations see: Australian Education Union, Submission 57, p. 3.

CHAPTER 2 - Key issues

[1]        Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 69, p. 9.

[2]        Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, Submission 58, p. 4.

[3]        ACARA website, Frequently asked questions, http://www.nap.edu.au/information/faqs/naplan--general.html (accessed 28 May 2013).

[4]        ACARA website, Frequently asked questions, http://www.nap.edu.au/information/faqs/naplan--general.html (accessed 28 May 2013).

[5]        See for example: Independent Education Union of Australia, Submission 41, paragraphs 53­–55 (objectives of NAPLAN are unclear); Queensland Catholic Education Commission, Submission 42, pp 1–2.

[6]        See, for example, Ms Lorraine Wilson, Submission 15; Mr David Hornsby, Submission 35; Mr Phil Cullen, Submission 83.

[7]        Mr Angelo Gavrielatos, Federal President, Australian Education Union, Proof Committee Hansard, 21 June 2013, p. 10.

[8]        Mr Angelo, Gavrielatos, Federal President, Australian Education Union, Proof Committee Hansard, 21 June 2013, p. 12.

[9]        See for example, David Hornsby, Submission 35; Dr Alyson Simpson, Submission 64.

[10]      See for example: Dr Gloria Latham, Submission 2, p. 1.

[11]      See for example, Spensley Street Primary School staff and School Council, Submission 76; Dr Gloria Latham, Submission 2, p. 1;

[12]      See, for example, Association of Heads of Independent Schools Australia, Submission 56, p. 9; Independent Education Union of Australia, Submission 41, paragraphs 56–60.

[13]      Dr Gloria Latham, Submission 2, p. 2.

[14]      Dr Suzanne Rice, Private Capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 21 June 2013, p. 31.

[15]      The Schooling Resource Standard is the new funding approach for schools introduced by the Australian Education Bill 2013. 

[16]      Mr Norm Hart, President, Australian Primary Principals Association, Proof Committee Hansard, 21 June 2013, p. 19. See also, Christian Schools Australia, Submission 37, p. 5.

[17]      See for example: Ms Jane Hunter, Submission 7, p. 2. See also, Association of Heads of Independent Schools Australia, Submission 56, p. 2; The Whitlam Institute, Submission 26,     p. 6; Dr Alyson Simpson, Submission 64.

[18]      Ms Lorraine Wilson, Submission 11, p. 11. Ms Jane Hunter, Submission 7, p. 2.

[19]      ACARA, Submission 58, p. 11.

[20]      Professor John Polesel, Private Capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 21 June 2013, p. 31. See also, for example, School of Education (University of South Australia), Submission 52,    pp 12–15.

[21]      See for example, Association of Heads of Independent Schools Australia, Submission 56, p. 2.

[22]      Mr Robert Randall, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, Proof Committee Hansard, 21 June 2013, p. 42.

[23]      The Whitlam Institute, Submission 26.

[24]      The Whitlam Institute, Submission 26, p. 7.

[25]      Mr Robert Randall, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Curriculum and Reporting Authority, Proof Committee Hansard, 21 June 2013, p. 43.

[26]      Mr Phillip Heath, Director and Incoming Chair, Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia Ltd, Proof Committee Hansard, 21 June 2013, p. 2.

[27]      Mr Phillip Heath, Director and Incoming Chair, Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia Ltd, Proof Committee Hansard, 21 June 2013, p. 4. See also, The Victorian Association for the Teaching of English, Submission 74, p. 3.

[28]      Mr Chris Watt, Federal Secretary, Independent Education Union of Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 21 June 2013, p. 26.

[29]      See for example, Australian Council of Parents & Citizens, Submission 70, p. 2.

[30]      Australian Education Union, Submission 57, pp 9­–10. See also, Independent Schools Queensland, Submission 73, pp 3–4.

[31]      Mr Robert Randall, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, Proof Committee Hansard, 21 June 2013, p. 43.

[32]      Mr Robert Randall, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, Proof Committee Hansard, 21 June 2013, p. 43.

[33]      Mr Robert Randall, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, Proof Committee Hansard, 21 June 2013, p. 43.

[34]      The committee has previously discussed the importance of adequate statistical literacy among those who are required to deal with NAPLAN (and other applicable) results: Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee, Inquiry into teaching and learning – maximising investment in Australian schools, May 2013, paragraph 3.17.

[35]      See for example, Australian Council of State School Organisations Inc, Submission 81, p. 2; Robert Hassell, Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia Submission 46, p. 1.

[36]      Professor Joy Cummings, Submission 24, p. 24.

[37]      Professor Joy Cummings, Submission 24, p. 24 (emphasis in original).

[38]      Mr Norm Hart, President, Australian Primary Principals Association, Proof Committee Hansard, 21 June 2013, p. 19.

[39]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 69, p. 15.

[40]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 69, pp 30­–32; Australian Curriculum and Reporting Authority, Submission 58, pp 20–21. See also, Dr Amanda Day, Acting Branch Manager, Proof Committee Hansard, 21 June 2013, p. 44.

[41]      Australian Primary Principals Association, Submission 19, p. 10.

[42]      See for example, Ms Lorraine Wilson, Private Capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 21 June 2013, pp 38–39, 41. For a comparison of OECD PISA and NAPLAN test questions in mathematics see Professor Kaye Stacey, Submission 6, pp 2–3.

[43]      Mr Norm Hart, President, Australian Primary Principals Association, Proof Committee Hansard, 21 June 2013, p. 22. See also, Australian Primary Principals Association, Submission 19, p. 8. For a discussion of the research into the impacts of standardised testing in the United Kingdom see Australian Literacy Educators' Association, Submission 66.

[44]      Association of Heads of Independent Schools, Submission 56, p. 9.