«NAPLAN is a
point - in - time test of a just a few, albeit important — subjects which can be compared to the same
data collected at other times and around Australia, to help work out,
among other things and alongside other
data, the effects of
different education programs and policies, and the places where additional resources could make the greatest impact.
Today some of the same authors of the reports discussed last week have released a new report that
among other things makes a similar
point using a
different data set, making a total of 15 such
data sets between the earlier reports and this new report.