NAPLAN

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NAPLAN stands for National Assessment Program- Literacy and Numeracy. It is a national assessment program that was introduced in 2008 to monitor development in literacy and numeracy. The NAPLAN tests assess students in Year 3, 5, 7 & 9 to ensure that they meet a national minimum standard. The minimum standards and tests were developed by Australian Curriculum Assessment & Reporting Authority (ACARA) in consultation with the state, territories, the Australian Government, public and independent  schools. The tests comply with Statements of Learning for English and Statements of Learning for Mathematics documents.

Over time the tests will be able to monitor progress of students and their support requirements. This year 2010 will be the first time since implementation that NAPLAN can produce data to monitor progress.  The analysis of student performance is processed centrally to ensure consistency across all states and territories.

NAPLAN is  a formal national test instrument for of all year 3, 5, 7 & 9 students providing comparable students performance data at the same point in time (annually in May).