Penny Wright (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the minister for his answer and I have a second supplementary question. Yesterday a study by the University of Melbourne highlighted the unintended consequences of NAPLAN, including the fact that about 90 per cent of the principals and teachers who were surveyed reported that some students felt stress before NAPLAN tests and exhibited symptoms such as crying, sleeplessness, vomiting and absenteeism. How does the government plan to respond to this research and, in particular, the concerns raised by the study that NAPLAN tests are having an adverse impact on students' health and wellbeing?