Thursday 7 December 2017

Next step is now yours Mr Merlino

NSW Education Minister Rob Stokes has ruled out allowing computers to mark NAPLAN writing tasks, warning it is "preposterous" to suggest machines could do a better job than humans and described it as a "direct attack on the teaching profession".

Mr Stokes revealed his staunch opposition to computer marking of writing tests ahead of Friday's federal Education Council meeting when ministers will consider plans by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) to introduce robo marking next year.

Meanwhile the Sydney Morning Herald reports:

Private schools are set to get more than 100 per cent of their needs from governments under the  new "Gonski 2.0" plan

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