06 Sep 2017
This term from 14 August to 22 September schools across NSW will be participating in the NAPLAN Online school readiness test. The school readiness test is a ‘practice run' designed to help schools assess their technical and administrative readiness for the transition to NAPLAN Online.
BWSC Umina students in years 7 and 9 will be participating in the readiness test between Monday 11th September and Thursday 14th September 2017.
The readiness test will involve students in year 7 and 9 sitting two, 40-minute assessments, a writing test and a combined numeracy/literacy test.
Student participation in the readiness test is an opportunity for them to become familiar with the NAPLAN Online test format. It is not an assessment of student ability and there will be no reporting of student results
It is important to note that participation in the school readiness test has no effect on students' NAPLAN results from the paper-based tests students sat in May.
The readiness test will require the use of headphones for a number of questions. The school has a number of headphones that will be available for students to borrow, but we are asking that all students who own a set of headphones/earbuds bring them each day next week.
There's a lot more information on the department's NAPLAN Online website https://www.nap.edu.au/online-assessment