Karen

Posted on 6/16/09

We have national testing in Australia. All students do the same
test across the entire country on the same days, despite having
state curriculums.

I don't believe it achieves anything real or useful.Some of my
students guess because they don't understand the wording or can't
read the reading task. Some guess well. Others not so well.
Overall the students do really well on the tests, but I'm not
sure why we do them, especially in the early years.

I totally agree with you on the time aspect. I love my multi-age
classroom because I have my students for five years, from Prep to
Year 4. Imposing grade levels on students is too hard in a
multi-age classroom, so I have individual goals for my students
based on the syllabus.

I've had some success with catching students up. It's not
something I ever give up on. Having the luxury of time is really
beneficial.

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