Targets are set for HSC results, NAPLAN, attendance and wellbeingPrincipals warn new school performance targets will lead to “perverse” outcomes such as students being pressured to do easier HSC subjects, schools rejecting difficult or disabled kids, and parents being refused permission to take children out of school.
Rooty Hills High - Reduce the percentage of students with chronic unjustified late arrivals in a fortnight by 0.5%James Ruse Agricultural High - 75% of high performing students accepting entry into Year 7Marrickville High - Lift percentage of students in the top 3 bands HSC to 51.9% Even the state’s highest-achieving schools are required to improve; James Ruse Agricultural High, which has topped the state for 25 years, now aims to have 98.7 per cent of students’ in the top two HSC bands and 100 per cent in the top NAPLAN numeracy bands by the end of next year.
Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)
Nothing in the article about Mark Latham and how he is dictating policy and has the department running scared. Nothing in the article about the unreliability of the data they use.
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