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Teachers Threaten NAPLAN Boycott

Teachers Threaten NAPLAN Boycott – Teachers across New South Wales are challenging the Federal Government to prevent a boycott of national tests that could cost the state more than $6 million in protest against the My School website.

The Australian Education Union (AEU) will vote next week on whether its NSW members will boycott the NAPLAN national literacy and numeracy tests over its opposition to the way the results are used on the My School website.

NSW Education Minister Verity Firth says the state will have to spend more than $6 million hiring freelance exam supervisors if every teacher pulls out, but she expects the participation rate in the boycott to be lower.

Ms Firth has threatened to take the union to the Industrial Relations Commission if the ban goes ahead.

“These tests are too important, the information is too important,” she said. “It’s simply not fair that the public should have to foot the bill to obtain information that rightly belongs to the parents, students and teachers.”

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