http://www.familyschool.org.au/2010/02/selecting-a-school/ Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:19:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.familyschool.org.au/2010/02/selecting-a-school/comment-page-1/#comment-4135 Robyn Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:13:54 +0000 http://www.familyschool.org.au/?p=927#comment-4135 It is important that we all remember that the Myschool website is not designed as a school selection site. It was not set up as such a tool - it cannot be used to "to help parents select a school for their child" UNLESS it is just one of many many things that concern parents about their choice of school. The media have done a fine job in defocusing the actual intent of the website which is to provide comparative literacy and numeracy data from NAPLAN tests whose main purpose for teachers is diagnostic. It is important that we all remember that the Myschool website is not designed as a school selection site. It was not set up as such a tool – it cannot be used to “to help parents select a school for their child” UNLESS it is just one of many many things that concern parents about their choice of school. The media have done a fine job in defocusing the actual intent of the website which is to provide comparative literacy and numeracy data from NAPLAN tests whose main purpose for teachers is diagnostic.

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