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Does Australia need more national exams for school students?

By Steven Lewis, Associate Professor of Education Policy, Australian Catholic University
Sarah Langman, Lecturer, Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University

Australian school students already do major tests in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 before going on to final exams in Year 12.

But amid ongoing concern around Australian students’ academic performance, there’s been a call for more testing.

The Page Research Centre, affiliated with the National Party, has proposed…

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