2023 NAPLAN Testing

Dear parents and caregivers,

During Week 8 and 9 of Term 1, students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 will participate in NAPLAN Online Testing. These tests will take place for all students on 15, 16, 17 and 20 March.

Information about the tests and answers to common questions can be found by reading the information brochure for parents and carers.

One of the main features of the NAPLAN Online format is that it is a tailored (or adaptive) test. The tailored test provides a more precise assessment of your child’s performance in the areas of reading, language conventions (grammar, spelling and punctuation) and numeracy by adapting to responses. As your child progresses through the test, questions may be easier or more difficult, to better assess his or her ability. Your child should not be concerned if he or she finds the questions more difficult than expected – the pathway may be more challenging. Many of the same questions appear in both paper and online tests, but not every student doing the online test will be answering the same questions in the same order. Your child’s NAPLAN results and scores are based on the number and complexity of questions he or she has answered correctly.

Students in Primary School will be using school devices to complete the tests, but must have their own set of working headphones for these tests (which are part of the stationery expectations). Students in Secondary School will need to bring their own charged device and headphones. School devices will be available for those students who experience difficulty with their own device.

Secondary students need to have already downloaded the December 2022 version of the NAPLAN-specific "locked down browser", and MacBook users need to be running operating system version 10.12.6 or higher. Students can obtain assistance with these requirements prior to the tests from our IT Team in the School Library.

Further information, including frequently asked questions, can be found by visiting the NAPLAN website. If you need to clarify information in relation to the NAPLAN tests at the school please contact the undersigned. 

Kind regards,