NAPLAN moving to Term 1
NAPLAN is moving to mid-march in Term 1 from next year, Education Ministers announced last week.
As a result of the move:
- States, Territories, sectors and schools will get the results of all the assessments except writing within a few weeks. Writing results will take longer.
- Parents are expected to get their child's results in a single individual student report after the writing results are available, probably at the end of term two, depending on where your child goes to school.
Currently NAPLAN is held in May in Term 2, and parents get the results of the tests in September.
The change follows an independent review of NAPLAN commissioned by NSW, Victoria, Queensland and the ACT governments, which recommended that NAPLAN results should be available earlier in the year to schools and teachers to give them more time to address issues.
The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, responsible for NAPLAN, explained in a statement, that the new timetable "will mean results will be available to education authorities earlier in the year to inform school and system teaching and learning programs and will allow teachers to better assess what support students need for the coming year,”
Optional assessments for year 6 and 10 students in science, civics and citizenship and digital literacy will also be introduced from 2024, but the results will not be reported publicly.
You can find out more about the changes here: https://www.acara.edu.au/news-and-media/news-details...
You can read the Education Ministers' media release here: https://www.dese.gov.au/.../education-ministers-meeting...
You can read the FAQ's here: https://nap.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/nap-improvements-faqs.pdf