NAPLAN Question

[Carry Pine]

OK, if you don't know what I'm talking about with NAPLAN ask someone under 12 yo.

You all know your contractions: don't = do not, won't = will not.

But the question to day in the NAPLAN test was what does 'cos mean? Now that was not on the wall chart when you were at school. We all know the answer but look how times have changed.

Carry Pine

[artme]

Two things:

#On the subject of change. When I was at high school - last century - and doing the NSW Leaving Certificate, we always had vocabulary questions in the English paper. The papers were set by university lecturers and I suspect many were a bit toffee nosed. A common question was on collective nouns. We all knew, and still know, about a mob of sheep. But no! "Proper English" is flock. Gotcha!

Another set of questions was usually along the lines of synonyms and antonyms with multiple choice. The word "fantastic" as used then and now, we took to mean wonderful, amazing etc. Same with 'fabulous". But wait ! "fantastic" comes from "fantasy" and "fabulous' comes from "fable". Another Gotcha.

#2 NAPLAN. I think we need some measure of achievemen and progress. NAPLAN, IMHO, is only valid if it measures results againts a nationally accepted and implemented curriculum. I'm not sure that is the case at the moment.

The other thing about NAPLAN that I disagree with is the national publication and use of the results. This leads to league tables and all sorts of unfair comparisons and conclusions by the masses and the smart arses.

Let's not totally dismiss NAPLAN out of hand, but rather examine the best way to use the results and to lift the achievements of all children and schools, particularly those not doing so well.

At the moment it sems that both sides of politics have missed the point concerning NAPLAN. My reading is that they see it as a means of gaining politial Kudos.

[corbs]

Cos is a type of lettuce isn't it?

I don't have an issue with grading schools if funding is then divided appropriately, those schools with lower gradings would be justified increased expenditure to raise their standards. Unfortunately I doubt this will be the case and it will just be used as another political tool.

[petersemple]

Cos is a trigonometric function, surely?

Peter

[arose62]

I thought "cos" was a further abbreviation of "cossie" (from "costume", in turn from "swimming costume"), and that the ongoing abbreviation of the word reflected the way they are shrinking in the real world

[Cliff Rogers]

I use it all the time 'cos I'm too lazy to type because.

[madmix]

Bugger, I thought it was caws

[joe greiner]

Whatever NAPLAN is, with the apostrophe, I have to agree with Cliff, mostly 'cos he beat me to it.

Cheers,
Joe

[springwater]

You know something... NAPLAN = National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy...just 'cos the "model" needs a yard stick...moving forward...

[nihilism]

Give it a couple more years and the test will include lol, b4, 2day, and god knows what else.

[Cliff Rogers]

Give it a couple more years and the test will include lol, b4, 2day, and god knows what else.

U, u, u, u, jus u w8 n c.

[Master Splinter]

It's spelt 'cuz as it is from bcuz, neway, n its lso yr cuz, yno, yr cuzzin.

However, I will stick to my guns and I will punch anyone who uses 'lol' in speech.

[Carry Pine]

In one school they did the NAPLAN writing test and at the end the kids get time to edit their work. The teacher said, "You have 5 minutes to edit your work." Immediately 2 students swapped papers. Poor teacher nearly had a heart attack. It was what they do in their class when they finish writing- get someone else to edit.

Luckily no NAPLAN police in the area.

Carry Pine (real name withheld)

[madmix]

Nah!!! CUZ is ya Jacks sprog.

[DavidG]

cos is related to sin