Penny Wright (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to amend business of the Senate notice of motion No.2 standing in my name for today before seeking to have that motion taken as a formal motion.

Leave granted.

I move the motion as amended:

That the following matter be referred to the Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee for inquiry and report by 27 June 2013:

The effectiveness of the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN), with specific reference to:

(a) whether the evidence suggests that NAPLAN is achieving its stated objectives;

(b) unintended consequences of NAPLAN's introduction;

(c) NAPLAN's impact on teaching and student learning practices;

(d) the impact on teaching and student learning practices of publishing NAPLAN test results on the MySchool website;

(e) potential improvements to the program, to improve student learning and assessment;

(f) international best practice for standardised testing, and international case studies about the introduction of standardised testing; and

(g) other relevant matters.

Question agreed to.