NAPLAN's writing test is 'bizarre' but here's how kids can get top marks
By national education reporter Natasha Robinson
One of the world's leading education experts says NAPLAN writing tests are absurd and are turning Australian children into bad writers.
Les Perelman, a retired professor from MIT University in the United States, has undertaken a comprehensive review of the writing test — and his conclusions are damning.
"It is one of the strangest writing tests I have ever seen," Dr Perelman said.
