The National Assessment Program:
Literacy And Numeracy (NAPLAN)
The Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) formulated The National Assessment Program, Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is an annual national diagnostic assessment for students in grades 3,5,7 and 9 on reading, writing, spelling, punctuation, grammar and numeracy (ACARA 2013a). Since 2008, the NAPLAN assessment was implemented to replace the national literacy and numeracy plan. Then the Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard introduced the assessment based on the United State’s Federal Government act, ‘No Child Left Behind’ (NCLB).
Refer to the website below for further information about the NCLB act (New America Foundation 2014).
Refer to the website below for further information about the NCLB act (New America Foundation 2014).
The aim is to assist governments, education authorities, schools, teachers and parents in better understanding children’s knowledge in literacy and numeracy skills. ‘They also provide schools, states and territories with information about how education programs are working and which areas need to be prioritised for improvement’ (ACARA 2013b)
Please click the button below to find a useful infographic about NAPLAN and its benefits (ACARA 2013c)
Please click the button below to find a useful infographic about NAPLAN and its benefits (ACARA 2013c)
This news article unbiasedly discuses the positive and negative aspects of NAPLAN (Athanasou 2013). Please access the full article below.
The following article by Richard Gill, discusses his view that with the withdrawal of arts education to this nation will create dull, uninspired and unimaginative students and teachers who focus on the competition receiving the best test results and not focusing on the interests of the children (2011). Please refer to the link for additional detail.
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Today Tonight delves into the reason behind more principles of Australian schools eschewing from the NAPLAN test (NAPLAN Revolt 2013). Click the video to find out more.
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