Kate Lundy (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting for Industry and Innovation) Share this | Hansard source

As I said, there is no robust evidence and, having had a look at the reports, we are very confident of that. That Whitlam Institute report supports anecdotal comments about NAPLAN testing not causing undue stress. But teachers and school leaders do have a role in helping students manage those feelings of stress and should not place students under undue pressure by focusing their curriculum and teaching practices around the NAPLAN tests.

The issue with NAPLAN testing is that it is in everyone's interests to have full participation. In that way, we are able to get the strongest possible results from the NAPLAN testing process, and this allows both schools and teachers to determine which areas of learning need to be strengthened in the context of that school and that class.