Assistant Principal's Report
Tailored Testing Information – NAPLAN online 2019 for parents with children in Year 3 and Year 5
From the 14th of May to the 24th May, our school will participate in NAPLAN Online. The information brochure for parents and carers addresses common questions about NAPLAN Online testing.
One of the main features of the NAPLAN Online format is that it is a tailored (or adaptive) test. The tailored test provides a more precise assessment of your child’s performance in the areas of reading, language conventions (grammar, spelling and punctuation) and numeracy by adapting to responses. As your child progresses through the test, questions may be easier or more difficult, to better assess his or her ability. Your child should not be concerned if he or she finds the questions more difficult than expected – the pathway may be more challenging.
Many of the same questions appear in both paper and online tests, but not every student doing the online test will be answering the same questions in the same order.
Your child’s NAPLAN results and scores are based on the number and complexity of questions he or she has answered correctly.
If you have any questions about NAPLAN Online, please contact your child’s teacher.
Kind Regards,
Mrs Helen Libro
Acting Assistant Principal
For more info:
Tailored testing video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGFseJAM3Ew
How to Support your child during NAPLAN: https://www.nap.edu.au/naplan/parent-carer-support