http://www.nap.edu.au/naplan/australian-curriculum.html
NAPLAN 2016 aligned with the Australian Curriculum
NAPLAN 2016 aligned with the Australian Curriculum
This year, NAPLAN has been aligned to the Australian Curriculum: English and the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics.
Previously, the tests were based on the
Statements of learning for English
and the
Statements of learning for mathematics
The
best preparation for NAPLAN is to continue focusing on teaching the
curriculum. The Australian Curriculum for English and mathematics has
been implemented in all states and territories. It incorporates the
essential learning described in the Statements of learning and provides a broader common curriculum for teaching and learning in English and mathematics for all Australian students.
While
most items in the NAPLAN 2016 test will be similar to past tests, there
will be some important but subtle differences in some tests.
Across the language conventions, numeracy and reading tests
Items
in the tests will be based primarily on knowledge, understanding and
skills gained from the prior year. As in previous NAPLAN tests, a small
percentage of additional content from the year of testing and following
year of testing will be included. This is to ensure the range of items
in the test allows all students to demonstrate their capability.
The
wording of the item descriptors (these describe the skills and
knowledge tested in NAPLAN) that schools will receive with their
students’ results in August 2016 will be directly linked to a content
description in the Australian Curriculum: English and the Australian
Curriculum: Mathematics.
Language conventions test
In
the NAPLAN language conventions test, the way information is presented
to students will reflect how it is presented in the Australian
Curriculum. This means there will be slightly more metalanguage included
in items.
For
example, in the past, when the NAPLAN test for Years 3 and 5 used words
such as ‘noun’, ‘verb’ and ‘adjective’, there was an explanation of the
word in brackets; that is, noun’ was followed by ‘naming word’. This
year, the words ‘noun’, ‘verb’ and ‘adjective’ will appear in the NAPLAN
test with no explaining words.
Numeracy test
In
the NAPLAN numeracy test, the proportion of items in the test from each
sub-strand will match the proportion of the sub-stand content in the
Australian Curriculum: Mathematics. As a result, there will be slightly
fewer ‘space items’ (for example, features of 2D shapes and 3D objects)
and more number, statistics and probability items than in past tests.
The space items are now known as ‘geometry items’.
Reading
The
NAPLAN reading tests will continue to focus on the reading content of
the Australian Curriculum: English, with the range of text complexity
similar to previous NAPLAN texts. The wording of the item descriptors
that schools will receive with their students’ results in August 2016
will reflect the language of the Australian Curriculum, rather than that
of the Statements of learning.
Writing
There
will be no substantive changes to the NAPLAN writing test or the
marking guides. As in past years, students will be asked to write a
narrative or persuasive response to a writing prompt.
There
will be one writing prompt for Years 3 and 5, and one writing prompt
for Years 7 and 9; the genre of the writing test will not be disclosed
prior to the test. Students’ responses will be marked using the existing
marking guides.
The 2016 Kilbaha NAPLAN Trial Tests are aligned to the Australian Curriculum
http://kilbaha.com.au/order_forms/Kilbaha_NAPLAN.pdf
The 2016 Kilbaha NAPLAN Trial Tests are aligned to the Australian Curriculum
http://kilbaha.com.au/order_forms/Kilbaha_NAPLAN.pdf
