Naplan Online Fact Sheet

Naplan Online Fact Sheet

Experience the NAPLAN onlinepublic demonstrationsite

Federal,state and territoryEducation Ministers have agreed thatthe NationalAssessmentProgram– Literacyand Numeracy(NAPLAN) will move onlinefrom2017,over a three-year period.Around 10 per cent of Australianschoolswill be conducting NAPLANonline in 2017, withincreasinglymore schoolsonline in 2018, andfor all schools to be online by2019. All Tasmanian Government schools will participate in NAPLAN Online from 2019.

Significantplanning,development,researchandtriallingaregoingonbehindthescenestomakesureweareallreadytomoveNAPLANonlineoverthenextfewyears.Therehasbeenatrialofthenationalonlineassessmentplatforminsevenstatesandterritories,including Tasmania, andtrialsandstudiesconductedbyACARAwillprovideinformationrequiredto support the implementation of NAPLAN Online.

FromearlyNovember2016,apublicdemonstrationsiteofthenewNAPLANonlineassessmentplatformwillbeavailableforschools,studentsandthepublic.Thispublicdemonstrationsitewillcontainamini-test,withsampleonlinequestions,coveringalldomainsforeachNAPLANyearlevel.

ThissitewillbeaccessedviaACARA’sNationalAssessmentProgram(NAP)websiteat:

FAQS

What is the purposeof thepublicdemonstrationsite?

The site represents a wonderful resource for schools to utilize in teaching important IT skills identified in the Australian Curriculum. It alsoprovidesanopportunityforstudents,teachers,parentsandthebroadercommunitytobecomefamiliarwiththevarioustypesoftechnology-enhancedquestionsNAPLANonlineoffers,forexample,navigatingthroughquestionsandusingfeaturessuchasdraganddrop.

Will the questions used in the publicdemonstration site be similar to those usedfor NAPLAN online?

Thesitewillconsistofamini-testcoveringalldomainsforeachNAPLANyearlevel–ConventionsofLanguage(grammar,punctuation,spelling),Numeracy,ReadingandWriting.Whilethemini-testwillconsistofquestionssimilartotheNAPLANonline2017test,itwillnotcontainthefullfunctionalityofthenationalonlineassessmentplatformasthisisbeingrefinedandimprovedinpreparationforthemovetoonlineassessment.

Please note:

  • Headphones may be used to hear Spelling questions and the Writing Prompt.
  • Students completed Writing scripts can be printed (Ctrl+P) or copied and saved to Word
  • There are minimum technical requirements for participation in NAPLAN Online (go to The site may function on devices that do not meet these requirements.

Will the publicdemonstrationsitegenerate a score or report?

Thesitewillnotrecordorstorestudent responsesorgenerateassessmentreports.

FeedbackfromschoolstrialingtheNAPLANonlineassessmentplatform

Totrysamplequestions,visit.