NAPLAN 2020- Years 3 and 5
ACT schools will participate in NAPLAN Online testing from 12-22 May 2020.
All students participating in NAPLAN Online 2020 are expected to have done a practice/familiarisation test prior to the May NAPLAN tests. ACT schools undertaking NAPLAN Online this year will participate in a practice/familiarisation test between 23 March and 9 April 2023. The practice test does not assess student performance and has been developed to replace one of the familiarisation activities that schools have traditionally undertaken.
What is NAPLAN?
NAPLAN is a point-in-time assessment that allows parents to see how their child is progressing in literacy and numeracy against the national standard and compared with their peers throughout Australia. the testing window begins on the 12th of May.
What is tested in NAPLAN?
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Test |
Duration |
Test description |
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Writing |
Year 3: 40 minutes Year 5: 42 minutes |
Students are provided with a ‘writing stimulus’ (sometimes called a ‘prompt’ – an idea or topic) and asked to write a response in a particular genre (narrative or persuasive writing) |
|
Reading |
Year 3: 45 minutes Year 5: 50 minutes |
Students read a range of informative, imaginative and persuasive texts and then answer related questions |
|
Conventions of language |
Year 3: 45 minutes Year 5: 45 minutes |
This test assesses spelling, grammar and punctuation |
|
Numeracy |
Year 3: 45 minutes Year 5: 50 minutes |
This test assesses number and algebra, measurement and geometry, and statistics and probability |
Withdrawing your child from assessment
Parents or carers may withdraw their child from the tests to address issues such as religious beliefs and philosophical objections to testing. It is recommended that withdrawal be considered in consultation with your child's school.
The withdrawal form below must be received by the school principal prior to testing.
Disability adjustments
Where a student’s circumstances meet the criteria for adjustments to access the tests their test conditions may be adjusted.
The adjustments made should reflect the kind of support and assistance provided for assessment in the classroom, noting that adjustments that are appropriate in a learning environment may not be appropriate in a standardised assessment environment.
The school will be working with families to identify potential adjustments to support children to demonstrate their learning through the assessment process.
Exemptions
Students may be exempted from one or more of the tests (i.e. writing, reading, conventions of language or numeracy) if they fall into one of two categories:
- students with a language background other than English, who arrived from overseas and have been attending school in Australia for less than a year before the test
- students with significant intellectual disability and/or those with significant coexisting conditions which severely limit their capacity to participate in the tests.
The school will contact families if your child meets the criteria.
Privacy
The Education Directorate collects, holds, uses and discloses personal information to carry out its functions. Personal information about students and parents/carers will be used as part of NAPLAN Online testing and readiness tests. The use of this information is required for students to participate in NAPLAN testing, provide reports to parents and schools and to undertake research and compile statistics using anonymised data. More detail on how we handle your information is available in the Education Directorate Privacy Policy available at http://bit.ly/2FBwRbcACTEducationprivacypolicy
As part of undertaking NAPLAN Online, the Education Directorate works closely with the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) and Education Services Australia (ESA). ESA operates the NAPLAN Online platform which will contain personal information. ACARA will collect anonymised information about each student who takes the test online from the Education Directorate.
Further information on how ACARA and ESA protect privacy is available through the ACARA privacy infographic http://bit.ly/2D9gSvJNAPLANonlineprivacyinfographic and ESA Privacy Policy www.esa.edu.au/other/privacy.
Further information on NAPLAN Online, including the public demonstration site, is available at www.nap.edu.au/online-assessment/naplan-online.