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Teachers instructed against repetitive NAPLAN practice tests as union dials-up fight to abolish assessment
Queensland teachers have been instructed by their union not to report on NAPLAN results, deliver regular practice tests, nor issue awards for student achievement in an attempt to stymie the controversial assessment.
Key points:
- An industrial relations order rules the Queensland Teachers’ Union’s NAPLAN boycott was unprotected industrial action
- A new tactic sees the QTU telling teachers NAPLAN activities “should only be conducted in the vicinity of the tests”
- Queensland’s education department said it expects the union to fully cooperate with NAPLAN 2021
The new strategy follows recent Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC) orders which prevented teachers from boycotting NAPLAN.
However, a Queensland Department of Education…
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