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This week’s top story: ACARA released the preliminary summary results of the 2017 NAPLAN tests on Wednesday, showing only a marginal improvement in student outcomes since the tests were introduced a decade ago. Read more here.
In other news: A former school principal will soon give evidence against a one-time senior education department official accused of swindling more than $6m earmarked for disadvantaged Victorian public schools between 2007 and 2014. Read more here.
Finally: The principal of a co-ed school in Melbourne accused of banning boys and girls from playing with one another in the playground spoke out to explain his decision. Read more here.