4.3 million online NAPLAN tests submitted

NAPLAN has now concluded for 2022, with more than 1.2 million students successfully submitting their tests online.

This year marked the final year of transition to online testing, with schools across Australia completing NAPLAN tests digitally.

ACARA CEO David de Carvalho thanked the students, teachers and schools who helped ensure this year’s NAPLAN ran smoothly.

“Making the final leap from paper to online was a significant effort and I thank all the students, teachers, schools, states and territories who worked hard to make it a success. Transitioning thousands of schools to online is a large-scale, multifaceted IT project involving multiple organisations, and the technology and logistics are highly complex,” he said.

“To reach the end of NAPLAN testing with over four million tests successfully submitted by more than 1.2 million students is a significant milestone and one to be proud of.

“This year was uniquely challenging with the full transition to online testing as well as staffing and attendance challenges due to COVID-19. It is testament to the hard work of education authorities in each state who worked collaboratively with their schools to support students and manage any issues that arose that it went so well.”

The successful transition of NAPLAN to online testing signals the beginning of a new era of NAPLAN. From 2023 NAPLAN will move from May to March, so results will be available to education authorities earlier in the year to inform school and system teaching and learning programs.

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