Opinions of Secondary School English Teachers on NAPLAN Test

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1LITERATURE REVIEW
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1. Review of the Article:.........................................................................................................2
2. Methodology Used in Article:............................................................................................2
3. Research Question:.............................................................................................................3
4. Results:................................................................................................................................3
5. Conclusion:.........................................................................................................................5
6. References:..........................................................................................................................6

2LITERATURE REVIEW
1. Review of the Article:
This article analyses the opinions of several secondary school English teachers in New
South Wales (NSW), Australia, by asking for their views on the standardized test NAPLAN
that is assigned for students graduating Year 9. Majority of the teachers had said that the
NAPLAN test is unnecessary and is a major source of stress and anxiety for the children that
are scheduled to take it. The teachers also questioned the validity of these tests in being able
to accurately measure the student’s intellect, along with what the real purpose of this exam is.
The article addresses the recent intensification of the national standard of these tests along
with the curriculum that is prescribed for children in that grade. The article notes that there
may be problems arising from an exclusive reliance on standardized tests which are basically
a single measure of the student’s achievements.
2. Methodology Used in Article:
The authors of this article constructed a survey which would report on the teachers’
perceptions on what the effects of the NAPLAN are. 700 teachers were involved in the
survey, and they were all from South and Western Australia. The authors combined the
findings from this survey and collated it with the other similar studies that were done on the
possible consequences of this kind of testing regimes.
Even though questionnaire was the easiest method getting the opinions of 700 people,
there lie many disadvantages in using this as a method of data collection (Morkbak & Olser,
2015). Such an approach as used in the research paper leaves a lot of room for the findings to
be generalised, however the main purpose of this article is to contribute to the growing
collection of literature giving voice to professionals in a bigger educational and socio-
political scenario (Krosnick, 2018).