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Dr Ken Boston to Visit Australia

The Australian Primary Principals Association is delighted to announce that it is sponsoring Dr Ken Boston (former Chief Executive of Britain’s Qualifications and Curriculum Authority) to visit Australia for a series of forums / meetings on national testing, league tables and the UK experience in Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne.

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In a recent article, Dr Boston stated:

“The Government’s approach to the key stage tests has sucked the oxygen from the classrooms of primary schools.”

“It is not the tests themselves so much as the high stakes attached to them, the archaic method of delivery and marking and the multitude of invalid uses to which the results are put. In all but those schools principled enough to resist the pressure upon them, the primary school curriculum has become a dry husk.”

What lessons can we learn from the UK experience?

We will only have one chance to get this right……

This is a must for Educational Leaders, Teachers and Parents.

• Sydney - Monday 10 August: 9:30am – 11:00am at the Citigate Central Hotel Conference Room, Thomas Street, Haymarket (near Central Station). Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with your name, position, location, telephone and the number of seats.

• Adelaide - Wednesday 12 August: 9:30am – 11:00am at Morphettville Junction (Phar Lap Room), Anzac Highway, Camden Park. Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with your name, location and the number of seats.

• Melbourne - Thursday 13 August: 9:30am – 11:30am at the Champions Room, Moonee Valley Racecourse, Macpherson Street, Moonee Ponds (enter via Gate 1 for free parking available in the Members’ car park). Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with your name, position, location, telephone and the number of seats.

Please note that seats are strictly limited. No cost – proudly supported by APPA.