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Knapp, Peter – English in Australia, 1998
Claims the Australian Literacy Benchmarks for Year 3 and Year 5 set unrealistic standards, are educationally unworkable, and represent an unacceptably imprecise and confusing set of statements and criteria. Compares the Literacy Benchmarks with the New South Wales English Language and Literacy Assessment (ELLA). Claims the Benchmarks represent a…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Elementary Education, Federal State Relationship, Foreign Countries