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FEDERAL Education Minister Simon Birmingham says year 3 students will continue using a pen and paper to do their Naplan writing assessment after a plan to roll out ­online testing was put on ...

In comparison, an average of 1.7 per cent of girls were at or below the minimum standard in year 3 over the past 12 ... reliability and quality of the NAPLAN writing test, but the disparity ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Northern Territory. Followed categories will be added to My News. The NAPLAN National Report for 2018 tells a familiar tale, with the Territory’s indigenous ...

He did not rule out the option of retaining pen and paper tests for Year 3 writing in the long-term. Schools across Australia were previously expected to administer all NAPLAN tests online by 2019.

Preliminary results from this year’s NAPLAN tests were ... All Australian students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9 take part in the annual tests, which cover reading, writing, spelling, grammar and ...

NAPLAN is an annual assessment for all students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. It tests essential skills in reading, writing, spelling, grammar and punctuation, and numeracy. The AERO analysis found most ...

NAPLAN results ... their lowest writing results since NAPLAN tests began, with more than one-fifth of year 9 students not reaching the national minimum standard. In NSW, only 81.3 per cent of ...

More than 1.3 million ... writing and maths skills assessed when they sit NAPLAN tests this week, with the results to be delivered to parents and schools months earlier than in previous years.