Year |
Period |
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NAPLANFrom 2023, NAPLAN has moved to March. |
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| 2024 | 13 - 25 March See test timetable See Ramadan and NAPLAN |
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| 2025 | 12 - 24 March | |
NAPLAN practice tests |
2024 | Schools can complete practice tests in the assessment platform from Term 4, 2023. For more information, contact your school or your Test administration authority. The Public demonstration site provides sample tests for student familiarisation year-round. |
NAP sample assessments - |
2024 | Field trial: October - November |
NAP sample opt-in assessments |
2024 | NAP Opt-in assessment in science literacy: May |
NAPLAN results |
Not known yet | Not known yet - but normally mid August to mid September |
Schools are able to use the expanded, flexible test window to schedule tests in a manner that best suits their needs. There are a few parameters that must be followed:
Schools must schedule the tests to be taken in the following order:
All classes in a school must complete a domain before classes can move onto the next domain. For instance, all classes at Cook High School must finish the writing test before any of the classes can start the reading test. If students are absent, the classes can still move onto the reading test, even if these absent students have not yet done the writing test.
Each student must complete the reading test before they are able to sit the conventions of language test.
The NAPLAN test window window is nine days. Day 1 is Wednesday 13 March 2024 and day 9 is Monday 25th March 2024.
Students who are absent when their class participates in the tests can sit catch-up tests later in the test window.
If schools have any questions when planning a test schedule specific to their needs, they should contact the relevant state/territory Test administration authority.
Schools are able to use the 9-day test window to schedule tests, noting the test sequence in the table below and the following:
Scheduling requirements |
Duration |
Test description |
WritingYear 3 students do a paper-based writing test (on day 1 only). It is recommended that Year 3 writing tests be completed by all classes at the same time in the morning. Years 5, 7 and 9 writing must be scheduled on day 1, with day 2 only used where there are technical or logistical limitations. |
Year 3: 40 minutes Year 5: 42 minutes Year 7: 42 minutes Year 9: 42 minutes |
Students are provided with a ‘writing stimulus’ (sometimes called a ‘prompt’ – an idea or topic) and asked to write a response in a particular genre (narrative or persuasive writing). |
ReadingTo be completed before the conventions of language test. |
Year 3: 45 minutes Year 5: 50 minutes Year 7: 65 minutes Year 9: 65 minutes |
Students read a range of informative, imaginative and persuasive texts and then answer related questions |
Conventions of languageTo be completed after the reading test |
Year 3: 45 minutes Year 5: 45 minutes Year 7: 45 minutes Year 9: 45 minutes |
This test assesses spelling, grammar and punctuation |
NumeracyTo be completed after the conventions of language test |
Year 3: 45 minutes Year 5: 50 minutes Year 7: 65 minutes Year 9: 65 minutes |
This test assesses number and algebra, measurement and geometry, and statistics and probability |
Improvements to the National Assessment Program agreed to by ministers will enhance NAPLAN as a measure that allows teachers, schools, governments and parents to support students, and ensure they are gaining important literacy and numeracy skills.
Read the media releaseNAPLAN testing dates are established in consultation with state, territory and federal authorities, are usually set for a number of years in advance, and accommodate different term dates in all states and territories
The timing of Ramadan and Eid is determined by the lunar calendar (phases of the moon), and the dates for these events change year to year and may, at times, fall during NAPLAN.
Assistance and flexibility are available to support participation in these instances.
Year |
NAPLAN test window |
Ramadan starts* |
Eid al-Fitr starts* |
2024 |
13–25 March | 11 March | 10 April |
2025 |
12-24 March | 1 March | 31 March |
2026 |
11-23 March | 18 February | 20 March |
2027 |
10-22 March | 8 February | 10 March |
All students are encouraged to participate in NAPLAN. A school will, where possible, organise for individual students who are absent at the time of testing to sit the tests at another time during the school’s test schedule.
Schools that will be closed for Eid celebrations during testing days and that need to vary their NAPLAN test schedule must request permission from their local test administration authority (TAA). Scheduling options will vary depending on the assessment domain(s) affected. TAAs will advise schools accordingly.
To identify appropriate measures, parents and carers may wish to discuss with their child’s school any concerns regarding their child observing Ramadan and participating in NAPLAN. Schools with Muslim students can schedule NAPLAN tests first thing in the morning to ensure fasting students’ energy levels are at their highest. TAAs are best placed to support schools that require further advice.
Ramadan is a sacred month for the Muslim community. Members of the Muslim community may observe the period by fasting from food and drink between dawn and sunset, with a focus on devotion and spiritual contemplation.
Eid al-Fitr, known as the 'feast of fast-breaking', marks the end of the holy month of fasting and is celebrated by feasts and gift-giving among family and friends.
During Ramadan, many families, including students, may be fasting as well as rising before dawn, and may be more tired than usual. Not all Muslim students fast during Ramadan, though their families may still be observing it, resulting in changes to regular household routines and disruptions to normal sleep cycles. Muslim students who are fasting abstain from all food and drink during daylight hours, breaking fast at sunset and then rising early in the morning to consume food and drink prior to the commencement of the day.
ACARA has consulted with the Muslim community and the Islamic Schools Association of Australia on developing the above information and guidance for schools, parents and carers in offering support to students observing special days in the Islamic calendar while undertaking NAPLAN.
* Regional customs or moon sightings may cause a variation of the date for Islamic holidays, which begin at sundown of the day before the date specified for the holiday. The Islamic calendar is lunar and the days begin at sunset, so there may be a one day error, depending on when the new moon is first seen.
NAPLAN, which stands for The National Assessment Program — Literacy and Numeracy, is a standardised series of tests which are sat by students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. The results give parents and schools an idea of where each child is at in their development, and help education bodies identify areas of the curriculum which need specific focus.
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