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Getting ACARA NAPLAN Tests using Freedom of Information (FOI)

The following has recently been reported. Very useful for schools, teachers and parents.

"Every student and every teacher and every parent can individually request the (2008-2011) tests from ACARA under FOI, who are then obliged to supply them. Which demonstrates the absurdity of ACARA’s enforcing the copyright at all." Marty Ross

If you want any of the ACARA NAPLAN Tests from 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 simply put in an FOI request to ACARA

Get all ACARA contact details here. 

Kilbaha can supply you with the detailed answers to all ACARA NAPLAN Tests.

Rio Olympics

Attention: Principals, Maths Teachers, PE Teachers

• Olympic mathematics - student projects with answers.

• New editions for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.

• Fantastic low cost student activity leading up to Rio on 5 August
  

"In the Running for the Olympics" - Purchase online here.

"In Training for the Olympics" - Purchase online here.

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CEO

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Australia

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NAPLAN-Trials (every year since 2009)

The 2016 Kilbaha NAPLAN Trial Tests are now being supplied to schools.

• Year 3
• Year 5
• Year 7
• Year 9
• Language Conventions
• Reading (with original reading magazines for years 3, 5, 7, 9)
• Writing (original stimulus for years 3 and 5)
• Writing (original stimulus for years 7 and 9)
• Numeracy Calculator
• Numeracy Non-Calculator
• Detailed answers and responses for all tests.
• PDF and WORD formats
• Identical format to the May ACARA NAPLAN Tests

Download the order form here.

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Immediate delivery.

2016 NAPLAN Trial Tests

The 2016 Kilbaha NAPLAN Trial Tests are now available.

• Year 3
• Year 5
• Year 7
• Year 9
• Language Conventions
• Reading (with original reading magazines)
• Writing
• Numeracy Calculator
• Numeracy Non-Calculator
• Detailed answers and responses for all tests.
• PDF and WORD formats
• Identical format to the May ACARA NAPLAN Tests

Download the order form here.

http://kilbaha.com.au

Immediate delivery.

Best wishes

Bill Healy BSc BA Dip Ed

CEO
Kilbaha Multimedia Publishing (Est. 1978)
PO Box 2227
Kew Vic 3101
Australia

t: 03 9018 5376    

f: 03 9817 4334    

m: 0413 425 374  
e: kilbaha@gmail.com
w: http://kilbaha.com.au
w: http://naplan.blogspot.com

ABN: 47 065 111 373
Providing Quality Resources to Schools and Parents since 1978

2016 NAPLAN

2016 NAPLAN Trial Tests. Reading Year 3. http://kilbaha.com.au/order_forms/NAPLAN_Hard.pdf …

2016 NAPLAN Trial Tests

2016 NAPLAN Trial Tests. Language Conventions Year 3. http://kilbaha.com.au/order_forms/NAPLAN_Hard.pdf

The 2016 Kilbaha NAPLAN Trial Tests are now available.

Attention:  NAPLAN Co-ordinator 

The 2016 Kilbaha NAPLAN Trial Tests are now available. 

• Year 3
• Year 5
• Year 7
• Year 9
• Language Conventions
• Reading (with original reading magazines)
• Writing
• Numeracy Calculator
• Numeracy Non-Calculator
• Detailed answers and responses for all tests.
• PDF and WORD formats
• Identical format to the May ACARA NAPLAN Tests

Download the order form here.

Immediate delivery.

New science textbooks

Attention: Science Teachers

New electronic Textbooks 

A revolution in publishing!

These electronic textbooks are only $25 for a school site licence

Download sample pages at the links below.

 

• Sample pages - Kilbaha Biology (472 pages)

• Sample pages - Kilbaha Chemistry (788 pages)

• Sample pages - Kilbaha Physics (454 pages)

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  CEO
  Kilbaha Multimedia Publishing (Est. 1978)
  PO Box 2227
  Kew Vic 3101
  Australia
  
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NAPLAN

Attention: NAPLAN Co-ordinator

 

 

The detailed answers to the May 2015 ACARA NAPLAN Tests are now available.

Year 3, Year 5, Year 7, Year 9
Language Conventions, Reading, Writing, Numeracy  
                    

 

(1) Purchase online here.

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(2) Download the 2016 NAPLAN catalogue here to fax your order.

http://kilbaha.com.au/order_forms/Kilbaha_NAPLAN.pdf

 

(3) NAPLAN specials available online at

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Best wishes,

Bill Healy BSc BA Dip Ed

CEO
Kilbaha Multimedia Publishing (Est. 1978)
PO Box 2227
Kew Vic 3101
Australia

t: 03 9018 5376    

f: 03 9817 4334    

m: 0413 425 374  
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2016 NAPLAN Important Information

NAPLAN 2016 Writing test information

The Australian Curriculum and Reporting Authority (ACARA) and all NAPLAN test administration authorities have agreed that, as in 2015, there will be two writing prompts: one prompt for Years 3 and 5; and a different prompt for Years 7 and 9. This decision has been taken to ensure continued maximum engagement and fairness for students nationally.
The genre for the NAPLAN 2016 Writing test will be either narrative or persuasive, and it will be the same genre for all year levels. Also, as in 2015, the genre for the Writing test will not be disclosed prior to the test day and students will not be able to choose the genre in which they write their response.

Reminder for the 2016 Year 7 and Year 9 calculator-allowed numeracy tests

With regard to the type of calculators that are permitted for the Year 7 and Year 9 calculator-allowed numeracy tests, schools are reminded that calculators do not include multifunction or internet accessible devices.
ACARA has confirmed that tablets and similar devices fall into this category, and that their use is not permitted in the NAPLAN numeracy tests.
Schools are asked to consider this information and to ensure that all Year 7 and Year 9 students have access to, and are familiar with, a suitable calculator for the NAPLAN tests in May 2016.

NAPLAN dates for 2016

Automated essay scoring: a viable solution for NAPLAN online writing tasks

Today, ACARA has released results of research which provides additional evidence that automated essay scoring is a viable solution for marking NAPLAN online writing tasks.

"The research, which began in 2012, has found four separate and independent automated essay scoring systems were able to mark NAPLAN persuasive writing tasks as reliably as human markers. 
ACARA CEO, Robert Randall, welcomed the findings, which form a part of a comprehensive research and development program designed to prepare for the transition to NAPLAN online.
“Automated essay scoring of the writing component of NAPLAN will result in parents and teachers receiving their children and students’ results within two weeks of taking NAPLAN,” Mr Randall said.
“The precision and earlier provision of the results will help teachers tailor their teaching to student needs.
“Teachers and other markers will continue to be involved in the process – by training the automated essay scoring system (via 1,000 human scored essays), marking a sample of essays to check and validate what the system is doing; and by marking essays that the system might have difficulty marking (because the essays are different from what the system has been trained to mark).
“The research results show that automated essay scoring works for NAPLAN-type writing, but we will continue with our research to refine the system and to gather more evidence, which we will use to assure parents and teachers of the viability of automated essay scoring and to make a final decision about proceeding. If need be, we could double mark samples of student essays, until everyone is comfortable with automated essay scoring.”
Four separate and experienced vendors were engaged to score a sample of NAPLAN persuasive essays in 2012, using the current NAPLAN writing rubric. The vendors represented a cross-section of different approaches and methods for automated assessment of writing. The vendors were provided with 1,014 essays, along with scores provided by human markers, to train and validate their automated essay scoring systems. After training and validating the systems, the vendors used them to mark 339 tests. On overall scores and each writing criteria assessed, the four automated essay scoring systems achieved levels of agreement comparable with the human markers.
“What is exciting about this research is that, although the four vendors had different automated essay scoring systems, they were all able to mark the essays as well as the human markers,” Mr Randall said. 
“This is not the end of the research into automated essay scoring,” Mr Randall explained. “We intend to expand on this research in 2016 to include a larger sample of students and multiple prompts within and across writing genres (persuasive and narrative) before making a final decision about the approach to be used in 2017.”
View our infographic that illustrates the automated essay scoring research (PDF 1.3 kb).

About NAPLAN online

Federal, state and territory education ministers have agreed that NAPLAN will move online from 2017, over a two–three year period. NAPLAN online will provide better assessment, more precise results and faster turnaround of information. Significant planning, development, research and trialling are going on behind the scenes to make sure we are all ready to move NAPLAN online."

http://www.acara.edu.au/news_media/acara_news/acara_news_2015_11.html#20151130

NAPLAN online update

"This month, we have released two pieces of research to support the move to NAPLAN online.

The first was preliminary findings from a device mode effect study (final report to be released in January 2016), which involved more than 3,500 students from Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 across 72 schools around the country. This study found that NAPLAN online is capable of being taken on a range of devices (laptops and tablets), with no consistent device effect across content domains, item types and year levels.
The study also found that an external keyboard is not required for those students undertaking NAPLAN online on a tablet device.
The second piece of research (released today) provides additional evidence that automated essay scoring is a viable solution for marking NAPLAN writing tasks. Four separate and experienced vendors with different automated essay scoring systems were trained to mark NAPLAN writing tasks and were all able to mark the essays as well as the human markers.
Visit the ACARA website to read more on the research."

 http://www.acara.edu.au/news_media/acara_update/20151130_acara_update.html#2

Future test dates

NAPLAN test dates up to the year 2020 are published on the NAP website. Schools should incorporate the following dates in their forward planning for 2016 and beyond.

• 10–12 May 2016
• 9–11 May 2017
• 15–17 May 2018
• 14–16 May 2019
• 12–14 May 2020.

NAPLAN online update

ACARA has released the following information about NAPLAN Online

http://www.acara.edu.au/news_media/acara_update/20151029_acara_update.html#1

Students will be able to use a wide range of devices, such as laptops, notebooks, computers and portable tablet devices, on Windows, Mac and Chrome platforms, when NAPLAN goes online from 2017. Today, (30/10/15), ACARA has today released minimum technical specifications for devices to be used for NAPLAN online. For more information, visit the 'Technical requirements' page of the NAP website and see the NAPLAN online technical requirements supporting document (PDF 98 kb). The specifications also include information on a minimum screen size required, network capability, supported operating systems, minimum disk space, security and external equipment, such as a pair of headphones, keyboard and mouse. ACARA General Manager, Assessment and Reporting, Dr Stanley Rabinowitz, says there is still more research around devices that is currently underway.

“We have released this information as we know some schools may be planning ahead for NAPLAN online in 2017,” Dr Rabinowitz says. “But there is still more research we have been doing around devices. For example, we continue to investigate the use of on-screen keyboards versus external keyboards for tablet devices. This research may support students who use on-screen keyboards if that is what they prefer”.

While NAPLAN online assumes reliable access to the internet, some provisions will be made, where necessary, for students to complete NAPLAN on computers without internet or adequate connectivity. This includes the use of special server software and portable servers in schools.

“One of the concerns we hear is that a school’s internet connection may not be able to support all students doing NAPLAN at the same time,” Dr Rabinowitz says. “We are not expecting all students to do NAPLAN at the same time, or for schools to have one device for every student. When NAPLAN moves online, we propose to extend the testing window from three days to two weeks so students will not be taking NAPLAN at the same time. The concerns around increased opportunities for cheating are also unfounded, as NAPLAN online will use tailored testing so students are not taking the same test at the same time”.

NAPLAN online will require a locked-down browser or app to prevent students from having unauthorised access to websites, applications and spell-checking features during the tests.
“We understand the issues around security, privacy and, of course, equity; and we continue to address these through research we have been doing on the use of devices in the NAPLAN context,” Dr Rabinowitz says. “We will continue to work with schools, education departments and sector representatives to develop an appropriate policy around the use of personal devices”.

About NAPLAN online

Federal, state and territory education ministers have agreed that NAPLAN will move online from 2017, over a two–three year period.
State/territory education authorities (where they exist in a state and territory) will make decisions about the logistics and timing to move NAPLAN online for their state/territory. These groups will also lead implementation in their state/territory.
Advice on implementation and implementation timelines should be sought via the following channels:

• independent schools: relevant school authority (where they exist in a state or territory) and/or from ACARA (info@acara.edu.au)
• Catholic schools: local Catholic education commission
• government schools: relevant school authority (where they exist in a state or territory), or department of education in a state or territory.

NAPLAN online will provide better assessment, more precise results and faster turnaround of information. Significant planning, development, research and trialling are going on behind the scenes to make sure we are all ready to move NAPLAN online.

2016 NAPLAN

Attention: NAPLAN Co-ordinator, Head of English, Head of Maths

Available for immediate delivery:

• Detailed answers and responses to the May 2015 ACARA NAPLAN Tests
• Years 3, 5, 7, 9
• Language, Reading, Writing, Numeracy
• Details and order form attached
• Also available for purchase and immediate download here.

Available 1 February 2016:

• 2016 Kilbaha NAPLAN Trial Tests - Hard Copy Use
• 2016 Kilbaha NAPLAN Trial Tests - Interactive Online Use with automatic marking
• Years 3, 5, 7, 9
• Language, Reading, Writing, Numeracy
• Details and order forms attached
• More info at http://kilbaha.com.au

Best wishes,

Bill Healy BSc BA Dip Ed
CEO
Kilbaha Multimedia Publishing (Est. 1978)
PO Box 2227
Kew Vic 3101
Australia

t: 03 9018 5376    

f: 03 9817 4334    

m: 0413 425 374  
skype: kilbaha
e: kilbaha@gmail.com
w: http://kilbaha.com.au
w: http://naplan.blogspot.com

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• 2016 Kilbaha Textbooks
• 2016 Biology
• 2016 Chemistry
• 2016 NAPLAN
  
• 2016 Physics
• 2016 Psychology
• 2016 Interactive Mathematics

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Detailed answers and responses to the May 2015 ACARA NAPLAN Tests

Attention: NAPLAN Co-ordinator, Head of English, Head of Maths, Parents

Available for immediate delivery:

• Detailed answers and responses to the May 2015 ACARA NAPLAN Tests
• Years 3, 5, 7, 9
• Language, Reading, Writing, Numeracy
• Available for purchase and immediate download here.

Available 1 February 2016:

• 2016 Kilbaha NAPLAN Trial Tests - Hard Copy Use
• 2016 Kilbaha NAPLAN Trial Tests - Online Use
• Years 3, 5, 7, 9
• Language, Reading, Writing, Numeracy
• More info at http://kilbaha.com.au

Best wishes,

Bill Healy BSc BA Dip Ed
CEO
Kilbaha Multimedia Publishing (Est. 1978)
PO Box 2227
Kew Vic 3101
Australia

t: 03 9018 5376    

f: 03 9817 4334    

m: 0413 425 374  
skype: kilbaha
e: kilbaha@gmail.com
w: http://kilbaha.com.au
w: http://naplan.blogspot.com

ABN: 47 065 111 373
Providing Quality Resources to Schools and Parents since 1978

The Kilbaha Catalogues can be downloaded at the links below.

• 2016 Kilbaha Textbooks
• 2016 Biology
• 2016 Chemistry
• 2016 NAPLAN
• 2016 Physics
• 2016 Psychology
• 2016 Interactive Mathematics

Technical requirements for NAPLAN online in 2017

www.nap.edu.au/online-assessment/naplan-online/technical-requirements.html