Mr Stokes yesterday said NSW would retain pencil-and-paper NAPLAN tests for Year 3 — boycotting the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority’s plan for national online tests.

This month, 1.3 million children in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 will sit national test of reading, writing, spelling and punctuation and mathematics, in the NAPLAN test.

More than a million students will sit the annual National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests, starting next week. Students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 are required to sit four ...

Report finds disadvantaged students falling 'years' behind in NAPLAN school tests A six month study by leading think-tank the Grattan Institute has found minimum standards in national literacy and ...

One in three of the country’s 1.3 million school students who sat the 2023 NAPLAN tests failed to meet literacy and numeracy expectations in the latest sign that Australia’s educational ...

One in three of the country’s 1.3 million school students who sat the 2023 NAPLAN tests failed to meet literacy and numeracy expectations in the latest sign that Australia’s educational ...

NAPLAN is an acronym that stands for National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy. It is an annual standardised test given to students in grades 3, 5, 7, and 9 in Australia. NAPLAN is designed ...

An online sample NAPLAN test aimed at Year 3 pupils has stumped Aussie adults yet again, with dozens of participants scoring 0 out of 10. One third got six or fewer questions of the maths and ...

NAPLAN was introduced in 2008 and is an annual test of all Australian students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9. It aims to see whether students are developing basic skills in literacy and numeracy. Earlier ...