2015 NAPLAN Results

In the coming days families who had students who completed NAPLAN in 2015 will receive a NAPLAN student report with information regarding their son's performance in NAPLAN. This report will also contain an information pamphlet for parents, which assists in explaining how to interpret the report.

The National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) was administered in May and the results should be considered together with school-based assessments and reports. Additionally, students at the College complete the Academic Assessment Services Test, which allows the College to consider multiple sources of data when designing teaching and learning programmes to support our boys in the classroom.

The NAPLAN report indicates each student's performance across the areas of reading, persuasive writing, language conventions and numeracy. Student data is captured within bands and allows for parents to compare against the national average as well as the school average for 2015.

It is important to recognise that NAPLAN is one diagnostic tool that the College uses to monitor student progress. I encourage parents to discuss the NAPLAN results with their son, whilst keeping in mind that there are numerous factors to be considered when recognising how a student displays progress in their learning.

The College will analyse the data from an individual student perspective as well as the College's performance over time to continually improve the teaching and learning programmes we deliver to the students of Scotch College.

For parents of students in Year 9 it is important to remember that the Online Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (OLNA) is a requirement to achieve the Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE). Students who have achieved Band 8 or higher in any of the three components of reading, writing and numeracy in their Year 9 NAPLAN are acknowledged as having demonstrated proficiency and will not be required to sit the corresponding OLNA component. Students who have not reached Band 8 in any of these three areas will be contacted regarding the OLNA assessments they will need to complete in Year 10.

From 2017 NAPLAN will commence the process of becoming an online assessment for students across Australia. At this stage the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority are offering information at www.nap.edu.au as well as encouraging parents to email regarding queries to naplanonline@acara.edu.au.

Mr Peter Allen

Director of Teaching and Learning