The Conversation

Not all parents use NAPLAN testing in the same way – and it may be related to their background

Every year (except this year) Australian children in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 sit a standardised literacy and numeracy test — NAPLAN. When NAPLAN was brought in in 2008, the government argued it would be a ...
The Mercury

National NAPLAN results reveal private schools dominate the top 100 – but selective public schools head the list

We’ve analysed the 2025 year 9 NAPLAN scores across more than 2000 schools to determine the top 25 performers in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and South Australia. The school sector breakdown ...

Australia’s best private primary schools revealed: Every state’s top-ranked independent and Catholic colleges

Exclusive analysis by News Corp has revealed the top private primary school is the prestigious all-boys Sydney Grammar School ...
News9

What Is NAPLAN and Will My Test Scores Impact University Admittance?

Whenever NAPLAN season rolls around, parents and students start to get anxious. Studies have shown that students can feel extra stress around test time and that stress could cause problems for parents ...
The Conversation

We need to reform NAPLAN to make it more useful

NAPLAN testing starts this week. With calls for a review, many education experts are calling the Future of NAPLAN into question. In this series, the experts look at options for removing, replacing, ...

Victoria’s Top 100 Public Primary Schools: Where your kids will get the best state education

Victoria’s top-ranked public primary school is Beverley Hills Primary in Melbourne’s outer east, which took out seventh spot ...
ZDNet

NAPLAN Online plagued by 'connectivity issues'

The testing authority responsible for the NAPLAN assessment for all students in years 3, 5, 7, and 9 across Australia has apologised for any inconvenience caused on Tuesday when "connectivity issues" ...
Adelaide Now

NAPLAN back on: NSW Education Minister Prue Car addresses ‘widespread’ testing outage

Tests are back on for primary and high school kids across NSW after technical difficulties threw the first NAPLAN exams into chaos, sparking calls to scrap standardised testing altogether. The ...
The Daily Telegraph

Gladstone's top NAPLAN schools revealed

The test is designed to measure students in literacy and numeracy and track progress. Across the Gladstone region found Year 3 and Year 5 students at Trinity College (Gladstone) got an average NAPLAN ...
The Cairns Post

NAPLAN website crash forces review of student results amid fears of unfair advantage

Pupils sitting the online test on Wednesday morning were left in the lurch for more than two hours after being unable to log into the assessment system. Stephen Gniel, CEO of the Australian Curriculum ...
The Daily Telegraph

NAPLAN back on: NSW Education Minister Prue Car addresses ‘widespread’ testing outage

The Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), which administers the NAPLAN tests for Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 across the country, confirmed that “a technical issue” had left many ...