ONE in 20 Victorian students will take NAPLAN online for the first time. Despite the controversial hi-tech move, pupils will still get a paper test just in case. But the 124 schools across the state ...

STUDENTS would sit online multi-level NAPLAN tests that branch out into easier or more difficult questions depending on prior performance. The different levels, which students would be diverted into ...

ONLINE NAPLAN tests that automatically adapt to students’ abilities will produce more meaningful results and reduce stress for children, education leaders say. But the assessment authority that runs ...

"When a test claims to measure their abilities, we feel like we should do something - and the first thing is panic." For a test designed to assess kids’ literacy and numeracy skills, it sure seems to ...

NAPLAN will undergo a huge change next year. But only some schools will be involved ... and education experts aren’t sold on the move. From next year, students from up to 100 schools in Queensland ...

FEWER SA Year 9 students are reaching minimum standards in NAPLAN tests than when they were in Year 3, raising concerns the testing regime has been for nothing. The national tests began in 2008, when ...

Students taking part in the NAPLAN tests today have been grappling with technical issues, with some systems going offline for about 30 minutes. It is understood not all students were impacted by the ...

Immanuel Lutheran College P-12 dean of teaching and learning Cheryl Fillmore said the test was a valuable tool for schools and parents, but should not form the basis of a school's program. "NAPLAN is ...

AUSTRALIAN school kids are struggling to answer simple maths questions like this. But since you’re an adult, surely you’re up to the task. After more than one million students sat for the National ...