Parents are being warned that almost a third of children could fall below new NAPLAN proficiency standards, with an overhaul of the national assessment providing what one expert said was the wake-up call Australia desperately needs.
Concerned parents are being urged to speak with teachers directly when student results are released early this term, with the new rating system projected to put up to 30 per cent of children in the lowest two bands of performance.
Parents will still be able to assess their child in comparison to the national average and their year level, but 2023 data will not be compared to those from previous years, making it difficult to interpret progress for students and schools.Exceeding: The student’s result exceeds expectations at the time of testing.Developing: The student’s result indicates that they are working towards expectations at the time of testing.
“This work should be a priority for government so that we don’t waste the huge time and financial investment in NAPLAN over the last 13 years,” she said. “The next step is to provide that additional support,” he said. “That’s why I have said we will tie funding to the things that will help students who fall behind to catch up.”
“I think it can give parents an inaccurate sense of where their child is sitting,” she said. “You can be ‘strong’ but be below the national average. I wouldn’t consider a child sitting below the national average as ‘strong’ in numeracy or any area.” Holloway said NAPLAN was originally devised as a randomised test to “take the temperature” of Australia’s education system but individualised testing had placed too much emphasis on the results.
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