NAPLAN testing started with a technical glitch on Wednesday morning. Schools were advised to pause the first day of ...

Using NAPLAN scores for school entrance runs counter to students, parents and teachers being told the test is “low-stakes” ...

Technical difficulties delayed NAPLAN testing across the country today. Here's how to navigate disruptions and what it means for your child.

More than 1.3 million Australian students had their first day of NAPLAN testing thrown into chaos, sparking a warning it could create “systemic problems”.

NAPLAN testing for 1.3 million Australian school students resumes following technical problems that saw schools across the country unable to access the digital test.

The way children are taught maths is set to reviewed nationally after alarming NAPLAN results showed students were falling behind and Queensland achieved among the worst numeracy results in the ...

NAPLAN is a national assessment of the literacy and numeracy proficiency of students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. It is intended ...

A competitive culture is emerging around the national test, and the NAPLAN head has urged parents to refuse requests by in-demand schools to provide results when trying to enrol their children.

A gaping class divide is exposed in this year’s English and maths testing, with an increasing gap between star students and struggling classmates. Student performance has gone backwards in remote, ...

The chief of NAPLAN schools testing has called for an end to the “horrendous misuse” of children’s test scores as entry assessment tools by in-demand schools.

Australian Industry Group chief executive Innes Willox called on governments to stop bickering over school reforms and funding, and fix the education system after one in three students performed below ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In March, all Australian students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9 sat tests in literacy and numeracy. There are four broad bands of ...