Students and schools across Sunraysia and the Mallee are set to participate in annual NAPLAN testing which gets underway from today (Wednesday, 11 March).
Around 1.4 million students from Years 5, 7 and 9 will participate in the national tests which provide an important snapshot of student performance in literacy and numeracy.
This will give teachers, schools, education authorities and governments more data on how these students are faring as they progress through their schooling.
Chief Executive of the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, Stephen Gniel says students will be tested across a range of key areas.
“It’s also important to remember that NAPLAN is just one aspect of a school’s assessment. It does not replace ongoing assessments made by teachers about student performance, but it can provide important additional information about a student’s educational progress.”
Schools and education authorities will again receive preliminary school and student results early in Term 2, around 4 weeks after the test period ends on 23 March 2026.
Preliminary results will be provided to schools in all domains except writing, which takes longer to mark. Schools will receive their full results, including writing, from June 2026, after which parents and carers receive their child’s Individual Student Report at the start of Term 3.
ACARA is expecting to publish the National Results in early August 2026. For more information about NAPLAN, visit www.nap.edu.au/naplan
