NAPLAN Student Reports 2023

NAPLAN reports have been mailed to families in Years 3,5,7, and 9.

New proficiency standards have been introduced to NAPLAN reports in 2023. This reporting replaces the previous numerical NAPLAN reporting bands and national minimum standards. Education ministers agreed that 2023 was the right time to introduce this change alongside moving NAPLAN to March. Proficiency standards provide clear information on student achievement. They are set at a challenging but reasonable level expected for the child at the time of NAPLAN testing, based mainly on what has been taught in previous years of schooling.

There are 4 proficiency levels:

• Exceeding: The student’s result exceeds expectations at the time of testing.

• Strong: The student’s result meets challenging but reasonable expectations at the time of testing.

• Developing: The student’s result indicates that they are working towards expectations at the time of testing.

• Needs additional support: The student’s result indicates that they are not achieving the learning outcomes expected during testing. They are likely to need additional support to progress satisfactorily.

What NAPLAN assesses has stayed the same. Page 4 of the individual student report provides a more detailed summary of what students know and can do within each of the proficiency levels. Further information is available at www.nap.edu.au.

The NAPLAN report shows a proficiency scale for each assessment area (numeracy, reading, writing, spelling and grammar and punctuation) with a student’s result shown as a black dot on the scale. The report continues to show each child’s achievement against the national average for their year (shown as a black triangle) and the range of achievement for the middle 60% of students in their year level (shown as a light-shaded rectangle).

NAPLAN is the only national assessment that all Australian children undertake. It helps:

• teachers to better identify students who need greater challenges or extra support

• schools to identify strengths and areas of need in teaching programs

• schools to set goals in literacy and numeracy

• school systems to review programs and support offered to schools.

 NAPLAN also provides nationally comparable data to help governments evaluate how education programs are working and whether students are meeting important literacy and numeracy standards.

Mrs Sue Zweck, Head of Teaching and Learning K-5