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Schools Using NAPLAN Test Scores for Entrance Test as Part of Enrolments

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Well last week school students around Australia took their NAPLAN tests. The test was introduced in 2008 as a way to assess students’ numeracy, reading, writing and language convention skills. But it seems that some private and select- entry government schools were using student NAPLAN results as part of enrolment applications to get into schools …

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Union Calls to Scrap ‘Outdated Rules’

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Currently, non-government schools are technically allowed to discriminate against individuals on the basis of gender, sexual orientation and marital status due to religious exemptions in the NSW Anti-Discrimination Act. The Independent Education Union of Australia has championed MP Alex Greenwich’s call to scrap these exemptions. According to the IEUA, the problem is even worse than …

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