A few years ago, before having introduced the secret exam business and the exam error lists, I posted a WitCH on a question from the previous year’s Specialist Exam 1. For me, there was a gla…| BAD MATHEMATICS
The VCE exam leak story is obviously big news, with both Melbourne newspapers running prominent reports and op eds, steadily increasing the heat. The Age published a strong editorial yesterday, whi…| BAD MATHEMATICS
The background to this post is here. Although the Deloitte review of VCAA’s mathematics exams was a sham, designed to conclude nothing of substance, the final Deloitte report nonetheless cont…| BAD MATHEMATICS
The most maddening aspect of VCAA is their steadfast refusal to admit error. Typically, VCAA simply will not engage and whatever nonsense they’ve written remains written. 2022 was different, …| BAD MATHEMATICS
This will be my last VCAA post for a while. I’m sick of it all. And, anyway, it’s now a matter of waiting to see what the Minister and the newly acting CEO of VCAA will do. I think both…| BAD MATHEMATICS
One of the all-time great literary wallops, by one of the all-time great writers, is Mark Twain’s Fenimore Cooper’s Literary Offenses: Cooper’s art has some defects. In one place …| BAD MATHEMATICS
OK, roll out the barrel, grab the gun: it’s time for the fish. Somehow we thought this one would take work but, really, there’s nothing to say. It has obviously occurred to ACARA that t…| BAD MATHEMATICS
Let’s see. Who haven’t we insulted recently? Ah, yes: teachers. OK, so the title of this post could have been a tad less inflammatory. I’m serious, however, so what the hell. We&#…| BAD MATHEMATICS