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NAPLAN is being used by some schools as an entrance exam. This isn’t what it’s designed to do, reports Steven Lewis. School students around Australia have begun their NAPLAN tests this week. Amid technical glitches during the writing component of the exam on Wednesday, there has also...

17 March, 2026

NAPLAN is just one test, writes Sally Larsen, Senior Lecturer in Education Rawpixel/ Getty Images The latest round of NAPLAN results is out, along with a string of news reports about “students falling behind” and “failing”, and experts sounding the “alarm” about school progress. In March, all...

14 August, 2025

Maths and creativity don’t have to be opposites—they might just be the perfect pair for better learning outcomes. Could Creative Thinking Boost Literacy and Numeracy? When ‘Elephant’ toothpaste erupts in the science lab, history lessons involve Pokémon playing cards, and maths students bake chocolate brownies, it might...

12 March, 2025

If not, writes  Jessica Holloway, what should a parent do? NAPLAN 2024 results for individual schools were released recently. This follows national and individual student results earlier in 2024. This is an opportunity for schools to identify areas for growth or improvement. But while these results can provide...

05 January, 2025

Recently, writes Sally Larsen, Australia woke up to a barrage of reports about the latest NAPLAN results. Media coverage described an “epic fail”, “plummeting” performances and a “bleak picture”. Education experts spoke of “grim reading”, and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the results “alarming”. But many of these...

02 September, 2024

From March 13, NAPLAN testing for 2024 will begin, writes Rachel Leslie. Over the following two weeks, all Australian students in years 3,5,7 and 9 are expected to sit tests in literacy and numeracy. Results are then aggregated for schools and other demographics and made public....

16 March, 2024

Jessica Holloway looks at why we need to go beyond the headline figures This year’s national NAPLAN results are out, with the news only two-thirds of Australian students met minimum achievement levels in literacy and numeracy. The headlines are everything we would expect them to be –...

09 September, 2023
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