Levels Levelled.

The new minister of education has seen the light regarding "levels" and wants them dumped.
Levels are the assessment tool of OBE in Western Australia and have been widely criticised by both academics and teachers as meaningless and subjective.
Good News for everyone and not before time.
As one commentator said "Good riddance to possibly the worst feature of this OBE nonsense"
Bad news is the removal of levels only applies to senior schools students in Year 11 and 12 as they move into the ill-conceived "Courses of Study" that will still slowly be phased in over the next couple of years.
Levels will will still be used in K-10 but not reported on, which is self-defeating.
Maybe this will be the first step in dismantling OBE all together and education in WA can move forward.
The many pieces in the media were supportive of the education minister and with good reason.
Article in The West Australian
Article from The Australian
Article from ABC News