NAPLAN underwent important changes this year, aimed at giving schools earlier access to results. But schools and students who sat the test in term one will have to wait until term three to receive results.
In a letter to its members, the QTU called on its members to send a “clear message” that the test needed to be changed.
“Widespread disengagement from Naplan sends a clear message that parents and teachers don’t value the test in its current form and oppose its negative consequences for students and school communities.”
QTU president Cresta Richardson said the union had recently conducted a survey of their members, and found they overwhelmingly believed Naplan was “broken” and that it needs to be “overhauled.”
“Basically, the test is not fit for purpose.
“When the test came out 12 years ago, it was supposed to be a low-stakes diagnostic test, apparently. And now, 12 years down the track, it hasn’t been revisited, hasn’t been reframed, hasn’t been revised, it’s just the same old thing every year.”