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Fri Jul 19

What happens when you pay Year 7 students to do better on NAPLAN? We found out

Written by: Jayanta Sarkar, Associate professor of economics, Queensland University of Technology

Next month, we are expecting the results from the annual NAPLAN tests, which students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9 sat earlier this year.

Each year, the tests are widely promoted as a marker of student progress and are used to inform decisions about what is needed in Australian schools.

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