Exclusive: Education experts call for release of underlying Naplan data to test impact of additional funding on disadvantaged schoolsEducation experts gain accused the Turnbull government of using “incredibly flimsy evidence” to support its claim that more schools funding does not deliver better student results and gain demanded the release of data to properly test the crucial assertion.
Schools funding is emerging as a central election battleground, with Labor pledging $4.5bn to pay for the additional money promised for the final two years of the “Gonski education plan from 2018 and writing to every public school attacking the government’s policy.
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Source: theguardian.com