Qld: Industrial umpire hears NAPLAN dispute

AAP General News (Australia)
04-30-2010
Qld: Industrial umpire hears NAPLAN dispute

The Queensland government's hauling public school teachers to the industrial umpire
for the second time in a month today .. over their planned boycott of the national literacy
and numeracy tests.

The government sought orders yesterday from the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission
to make it illegal for teachers to boycott the mid-May National Assessment Program Literacy
and Numeracy tests.

The Queensland Teachers' Union says most of its 40-thousand members voted not to supervise
the tests .. over concerns results will be used to create unfair league tables on the
federal government's new My School website.

But the government says if state school students don't sit the tests .. the lack of
data could put 20 million dollars in federal funding at risk.

The case will be heard in Brisbane from 1pm today.

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KEYWORD: SCHOOLS QLD (BRISBANE)

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