Today in parliament The Greens moved a motion to censure the Minister for Education and Training, Verity Firth, for misleading Parliament over comments she made about the implementation of school league tables being tied to Federal funding.
During the debate over the league tables legislation Verity Firth refused to back down, stating:
We will not put New [...]
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Education Minister Censured
Posted in Education, Labor, Parliament, tagged Education, league tables, NSW Politics, Verity Firthy on September 3, 2009 | 21 Comments »
School league tables
Posted in Education, tagged Education, league tables, NSW Politics, schools on June 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The big issue in education at the moment is the push by State and Federal Governments to publish schools’ test results data – a move that could lead to the creation of league tables. League tables are a list of schools ranked in terms of their average numeracy and literacy test scores.
