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Publication Date: 1998
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Raising the Hurdles: The Educational Politics of Unrealistic Standards.
Knapp, Peter
English in Australia, n123 p30-35 Nov 1998
Claims the Australian Literacy Benchmarks for Year 3 and Year 5 set unrealistic standards, are educationally unworkable, and represent an unacceptably imprecise and confusing set of statements and criteria. Compares the Literacy Benchmarks with the New South Wales English Language and Literacy Assessment (ELLA). Claims the Benchmarks represent a major barrier for Australian education. (NH)
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Elementary Education, Federal State Relationship, Foreign Countries, National Standards, Reading Achievement, State Programs, State Standards, Testing Problems, Writing Achievement
Australian Association for the Teaching of English, P.O. Box 3203, Norwood, South Australia, Australia 5067; e-mail: aatemail@nexus.edu.au
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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