The Australian Education Council on Friday agreed to extend the trial of the online component of the National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) testing by one year to 2021. The ...

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" ...

NAPLAN Online has passed an important milestone with flying colours, with online tests being conducted for almost 200,000 students, paving the way for transformation of the way that national ...

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 ...

Jessica Holloway receives funding from the Australian Research Council. The headlines are everything we would expect them to be – full of panic. Most reporting is focused on the number of Australian ...

Geoff Masters works for ACER which undertakes commissioned research and development related to NAPLAN. NAPLAN testing starts this week. With calls for a review, many education experts are calling the ...