This week our Year 3 and Year 5 students will be participating in NAPLAN (National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy). There continues to be changes to NAPLAN each year, with a significant change for this year being the move of date. Below is some brief information on NAPLAN 2023 with more information provided further on.

Why is a new proficiency standard being introduced for NAPLAN? Education ministers agreed to change the way NAPLAN results are reported to parents and carers, now that all students are taking the tests online, and with the move to an earlier NAPLAN in March. The new proficiency standard will provide earlier, simpler and clearer information to parents and carers about their child’s NAPLAN achievement based on new, more rigorous national standards.

The four levels of achievement are:

• Exceeding
• Strong
• Developing
  
• Needs additional support.

Why did they need to change? The new reporting will give parents and carers a simpler and clearer picture of how their child is performing and whether their child has the core literacy and numeracy skills they should have for their year group. If a child is falling behind, parents will know straight away and can act together with their school to get their child the support they need and ensure they are getting the best out of their schooling.
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Year 3

• When: Wednesday 15th March
• Time: 9:00am (4o min test time)
  
• Test: Writing- paper
  

• When: Thursday 16th March
  
• Time: 9:00am (45 min test time)
  
• Test: Reading- online
  

• When: Monday 20th March
  
• Time: 9:00am (45 min test time)
  
• Test: Conventions of Language- online
  

• When: Tuesday 21st March
  
• Time: 11:45am (45 min test time)
  
• Test: Numeracy- online
  

• Catch ups: 22nd, 23rd, 24th March
  

Year 5​

• When: Wednesday 15th March
• Time: 11:45am (42 minutes)
• Test: Writing- online
  

• When: Thursday 16th March
  
• Time: 11:45am (50 minutes)
  
• Test: Reading - online
  

• When: Monday 20th March
  
• Time: 11:45am (45 minutes)
  
• Test: Conventions of Language - online
  

• When: Tuesday 21st March
  
• Time: 11:45am (50 minutes)
  
• Test: Numeracy - online
  

• Catch ups: 22nd, 23rd, 24th March