NAPLAN starts on Tuesday 11 May
10 May 2021
The annual NAPLAN assessment begins tomorrow, with over a million students set to take the test across Australia.
The data from this year’s NAPLAN assessment is going to be particularly important as it is the first test to take place in two years – NAPLAN was not conducted in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Freedom of speech and assembly remain in the draft Australian Curriculum
03 May 2021
ACARA CEO, David de Carvalho
On Monday 3 May, The Daily Telegraph published a story in which it claimed that “the proposed curriculum would replace teaching about the rights to free speech, assembly and religious belief with language encouraging activism and 'direct action'."
This statement is not true.
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The Australian Curriculum: public consultation open
29 April 2021
Proposed revisions to the Australian Curriculum for Foundation – Year 10 (F–10) have today been released for public comment.
“On behalf of the ACARA Board, I am delighted to welcome the release of proposed revisions to the Australian Curriculum – revisions that aim to give our students a curriculum of excellence, which is amongst the best in the world,” said Belinda Robinson, ACARA Chair.
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