NAPLAN results allow parents/carers and educators to see how students are progressing in literacy and numeracy over time – individually, as part of their school community, and against national standards.

NAPLAN tests the sorts of skills that are essential for every child to progress through school and life, such as reading, writing, spelling, grammar and numeracy.

NAPLAN is the only national assessment that all Australian children undertake and provides comparable data about student performance in literacy and numeracy, nationally.

NAPLAN assesses the literacy and numeracy skills that students are learning through the school curriculum and allows parents and carers to see how their child is progressing against national …

It provides additional information to support teacher judgement about progress in a child’s level of literacy and numeracy attainment. NAPLAN also allows parents to see how their child is progressing …

The public demonstration tests show the types of questions students will answer and the functionalities that are available in NAPLAN tests. You can read more about the tools and navigation in …

The NAPLAN national protocols for test administration is the high-level guide to the administration of NAPLAN tests. The protocols are developed by ACARA with state, territory and non-government …

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The NAPLAN writing tests assess the accurate, fluent and purposeful writing of a text in Standard Australian English. Students are provided with a writing prompt – an idea or topic – and asked to …

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