National testing from an Australian perspective
Bob Lingard, Greg Thompson and Sam Sellar

What national testing data can tell us
Margaret Wu

The Performative Politics of NAPLAN and MySchool
Radhika Gorur

Questioning the validity of the multiple uses of NAPLAN data
Val Klenowski

Local experiences, global similarities: Teacher perceptions of the impacts of national testing
Greg Thompson

NAPLAN and student wellbeing: teacher perceptions of the impact of NAPLAN on students
Suzanne Rice, Nicky Dulfer, John Polesel and Clare O’Hanlon

Literacy leadership and accountability: Holding onto ethics in ways that count
Lyn Kerkham and Barbara Comber

Contesting and ‘capitalising’ on NAPLAN
Ian Hardy

Understanding the politics of categories in reporting national test results
Sue Creagh

Students "at risk" and NAPLAN: the "collateral damage"
J. Joy Cumming, Claire M. Wyatt-Smith and Peta Colbert

NAPLAN, achievement ‘gaps’ and embedding Indigenous perspectives in schooling: Disrupting the ‘decolonial option’
Greg Vass and Gordon Chalmers

Disadvantaged students’ voices on national testing: The submersion of NAPLAN’s formative potential
J. Joy Cumming, Claire M. Wyatt-Smith and Peta Colbert

Exploring children’s lived experiences of NAPLAN
Angelique Howell

NAPLAN and the ‘problem frame’: Exploring representations of NAPLAN in the print media, 2010-2013
Nicole Mockler

Negotiating with the neighbours: Balancing different accountabilities across a cluster of regional schools
Marie Brennan, Lew Zipin, Sam Sellar

The life of data: Evolving national testing
Greg Thompson, Sam Sellar and Bob Lingard

About the Author

Bob Lingard is a Professorial Research Fellow in the School of Education at The University of Queensland, Australia.

Greg Thompson is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at Murdoch University, Australia.

Sam Sellar is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Education at The University of Queensland, Australia.

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