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NAPLAN online tests are tailored, providing a more precise assessment of students’ performance in the areas of reading, conventions of language (spelling, grammar, and punctuation), and numeracy by adapting to responses. Students at each year level start with a similar set of questions. Depending on the number of questions they answered correctly, the next set of questions may be more, or less, difficult. Students should not be concerned if the questions are more difficult than expected. A student’s NAPLAN result is based on both the number and difficulty of questions the student answers correctly. A student who completes a more difficult set of questions is more likely to achieve a higher score (and a higher proficiency level). NAPLAN writing for year 5 is a typed text, whereas year 3 is still a handwritten text. The text type isn’t known until the day of the test. 

A reminder that parents can visit the public demonstration site to see examples of the types of questions asked in the NAPLAN Online assessments.