Sample pages for the Famous People series of books

Dear English Teacher, History Teacher, NAPLAN Co-ordinator,

There are 18 books in this series currently being featured in this blog.

You can download sample pages of each book on the main website of Kilbaha Multimedia Publishing.

Go to http://kilbaha.com.au

Famous People - Charles Darwin

Who was Charles Darwin?

This famous person can inspire your students.

There are 18 interactive electronic books about famous people.

You also get 100 NAPLAN-style Reading and Language Conventions questions for each book

FREE answers to the 2008 NAPLAN sample questions with every order.

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Famous People - Charles Kingsford Smith

Who was Charles Kingsford Smith?

This famous person can inspire your students.

There are 18 interactive electronic books about famous people.

You also get 100 NAPLAN-style Reading and Language Conventions questions for each book

FREE answers to the 2008 NAPLAN sample questions with every order.

Download order form at http://db.tt/h3AQPQi

Famous People - William the Conqueror

Who was William the Conqueror?

This famous person can inspire your students.

There are 18 interactive electronic books about famous people.

You also get 100 NAPLAN-style Reading and Language Conventions questions for each book

FREE answers to the 2008 NAPLAN sample questions with every order.

Download order form at http://db.tt/h3AQPQi

Famous People - Vincent de Paul

Who was Vincent de Paul?

This famous person can inspire your students.

There are 18 interactive electronic books about famous people.

You also get 100 NAPLAN-style Reading and Language Conventions questions for each book

FREE answers to the 2008 NAPLAN sample questions with every order.

Download order form at http://db.tt/h3AQPQi

Famous People - Joan of Arc

Who was Joan of Arc?

This famous person can inspire your students.

There are 18 interactive electronic books about famous people.

You also get 100 NAPLAN-style Reading and Language Conventions questions for each book

FREE answers to the 2008 NAPLAN sample questions with every order.

Download order form at http://db.tt/h3AQPQi

Famous People - Fred Hollows

Thanks to Fred Hollows well over a million people in this world, who would otherwise have been blind, can see. The world is a better place for his  having lived in it. He gave sight to the blind in far away places such as Nepal, Eritrea and Vietnam but it was his unselfish commitment to health and eye care among Australian Aborigines that first made us all sit up and take notice. He worked amongst them, with them and for them in urban Redfern and throughout the red dirt country of Australia. At the end of his life, he was buried  at Bourke, in that same red dirt that he had grown to love as a symbol  of Australia and its indigenous people. Fred Hollows has become a part of the Australian Dreaming. His spirit still exists in the Fred  Hollows Foundation which continues to do his work in Australia and in  many other countries of the world.

This famous person can inspire your students.

There are 18 interactive electronic books about famous people.

You also get 100 NAPLAN-style Reading and Language Conventions questions for each book

FREE answers to the 2008 NAPLAN sample questions with every order.

Download order form at http://db.tt/h3AQPQi

Famous People - Florence Nightingale

 Who was Florence Nightingale?
 
This famous person can inspire your students.

There are 18 interactive electronic books about famous people.

You also get 100 NAPLAN-style Reading and Language Conventions questions for each book

FREE answers to the 2008 NAPLAN sample questions with every order.

 Download order form at http://db.tt/h3AQPQi

Famous People - Caroline Chisholm

Who was Caroline Chisholm?

This famous person can inspire your students.

There are 18 interactive electronic books about famous people.

You also get 100 NAPLAN-style Reading and Language Conventions questions for each book

FREE answers to the 2008 NAPLAN sample questions with every order.

 
Download order form at http://db.tt/h3AQPQi

May 2010 NAPLAN tests now available

The May 2010 NAPLAN tests can now be downloaded.

Detailed answers to these tests will be available in September from Kilbaha Multimedia Publishing.

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NAPLAN Persuasive writing

In 2011, the NAPLAN writing task will be a persuasive text. A sample topic has been posted on the ACARA website. Sample responses for this topic are now available from Kilbaha Multimedia Publishing.

More detail and order form here.

Free detailed answers to the official sample NAPLAN questions

Download the detailed answers to the official sample NAPLAN questions using these links

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2011 NAPLAN cataogue

Welcome back to all our readers. Our NAPLAN resources catalogue for 2011 can be downloaded from http://kilbaha.com.au

Anyone wanting the detailed answers to the official sample NAPLAN questions can get them by sending an email to kilbaha@gmail.com

Future NAPLAN dates

For all those very organised teachers and parents out there, here the dates for NAPLAN 2011 and 2012.

Future NAPLAN test dates
2011 - Tuesday, May 10 to Thursday, May 12
2012 - Tuesday, May 15 to Thursday, May 17

Best wishes,
Bill Healy

More NAPLAN resources for teachers and parents

Dear teachers and parents,

The May 2010 NAPLAN tests have been completed with the exception of a few schools who have been granted extensions.

The detailed suggested answers to the May 2010 NAPLAN tests will be published by Kilbaha Multimedia Publshing in September 2010.

A completely new set of of trial NAPLAN tests will be published in November 2010 to help teachers and parents prepare for the May 2011 NAPLAN tests.

Full details will appear shortly on http://kilbaha.com.au

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NSW Education Minister puts her side of the story on NAPLAN 2010.

Watch a video showing the NSW Education Minister explain why all schools should willingly participate in the 2010 NAPLAN tests.

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Free NAPLAN answers

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Free detailed answers to the official sample NAPLAN questions

It is now just over 2 weeks until the May 2010 NAPLAN Tests. As a service to schools and parents throughout Australia, Kilbaha Multimedia Publishing is making available FREE the detailed suggested answers to the all of the official sample NAPLAN questions for Years 3, 5, 7 and 9.

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Thanks to all the schools and parents who have purchased our 2010 NAPLAN Trial Tests.

Last minute orders for these Trial Tests can be placed through our Web Site http://kilbaha.com.au

As soon as we receive payment, customers will be sent an email giving a Web Address for immediate download of the 2010 Trial Tests that they have purchased.

Best wishes to all for the May 2010 NAPLAN Tests.

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Get your 2010 NAPLAN Trial Tests now

You can download samples of our 2010 NAPLAN Trial Tests here.

NAPLAN Tests are valuable

NAPLAN tests help champion equality in the classroom

BEN JENSEN 

Ben Jensen is program director (education) at the Grattan Institute. 

April 15, 2010 - 6:08AM

"The national assessments that students will sit this year will provide the first opportunity to measure student progress over time. This will, for the first time in Australia, enable more accurate value-added measures of school performance to be created. An AEU boycott would prevent more accurate measures of school performance being calculated, thereby undermining the very changes that they have said are required."


I think that this article is an important contribution to the current debate.
Read it all at here.

Timetable for the 2010 NAPLAN Tests

 Yes! The 2010 NAPLAN Tests will go ahead.
They are  important sources of information for schools and parents.

Download the official timetable for the 2010 NAPLAN Tests here.

Welcome back

Welcome back to Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania and Northern Territory after the Easter Break/ first term holidays. Kilbaha Multimedia Publishing has sent a fax to all schools from these states with a special offer on the 2010 NAPLAN Trial Tests.
Check with the person who receives the faxes at your school.

Download the 2010 NAPLAN Trial Tests order form here.

Welcome back

Welcome back to all our readers. 
Hope you all had a relaxing Easter Break.
Our new Web Site is rapidly taking shape with more than 100 items now available.
All the NAPLAN Trial Tests and answers can now be purchased online.

For the attention of

• NAPLAN Co-ordinator
• Head of English
• Head of History

18 new books about famous people from the past and present
Caroline Chisholm, Florence Nightingale, Fred Hollows, Joan of Arc, Vincent de Paul, William the Conqueror,Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Darwin, John Simpson Kirkpatrick, Sidney Kidman, Aung San Suu Kyi, Elizabeth Macarthur, Nelson Mandela, Catherine of Siena, Ho Chi Minh, John Curtin, Edmund Barton, Amy Johnson

• 1800 NAPLAN style Reading and Language Questions with detailed answers

• Full details at http://kilbaha.com.au

• Order form here.

2010 NAPLAN Trial Exams available for immediate delivery.

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More NAPLAN resources

Need more Literacy Practice for the NAPLAN Tests? 

Use this engaging book on Caroline Chisholm and the 100 Reading and Language Conventions questions with detailed answers.

Caroline Chisholm's image used to be on the Australian five dollar note.
When she was removed from it, there were cries of outrage, and many letters to
politicians and to editors of newspapers.

Caroline was the Immigrants Friend, helping some twenty thousand migrants to settle
in Australia when governments were of little help.

She had heaps of kids of her own and her husband was often away, but she was always on
top of her job. No distance too far. No means of transport too uncomfortable.

Caroline was a doer.

Go to http://kilbaha.com.au

Useful Web tool for schools

This is a new tool I have just discovered for use on the web. It is called Dropbox. You can put files in the Dropbox on one computer and have them magically appear in the Dropbox of another computer.

Try it out at https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTQ5NTI4NjU5

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

Kilbaha Multimedia Publishing

New Web Site.

Still in the early stages of development.

All the NAPLAN Resources can be found there.

Check it out at http://kilbaha.com.au

Best wishes,

Bill Healy

Sample pages from the 2010 NAPLAN Trial Tests

Some schools and parents have asked to look at sample pages from the the 2010 NAPLAN Trial Tests for Years 3, 5, 7, 9.

You can download these sample pages at http://drop.io/ihgcwia

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New Web Site for Kilbaha Multimedia Publishing

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Hi everyone.

Back after a short break over the holiday weekend here in Victoria.

Kilbaha Multimedia Publishing will soon be moving to a new Web Site

www.kilbaha.com.au

In the meantime, please continue to use this Blog for all your NAPLAN info.

Online shopping with credit cards will not be available until the new Web Site is ready.

However, you can still download the NAPLAN order form here.

Contact us if you wish to pay by credit card as we can put this through for you manually.

Best wishes,

Bill Healy

Year 4 Numeracy - The Australian National Curriculum and NAPLAN

Year 4 Mathematics - Achievement Standards - Australian National Curriculum (draft) - alphabetical

analyse secondary data sets
choose appropriate tools and metric units to measure and compare the length of objects
choose appropriate tools and metric units to measure and compare the mass of objects
choose appropriate tools and metric units to measure and compare the capacity of objects
classify angles as equal to, greater than or less than a right angle
compare volumes using informal units
describe the likelihood of familiar chance events using everyday language
estimate duration
evaluate investigations
evaluate the efficiency of mental strategies with one- and two-digit numbers
evaluate the efficiency of written strategies with one- and two-digit numbers
find missing numbers in number patterns involving one or two operations
identify and describe number patterns involving one or two operations
identify obvious features of shapes and objects
interpret calendars
plan and undertake data investigations
pose questions that can be answered by data
read clocks to five minute intervals
read scales to the nearest graduation
report results of data investigations using tables and graphs
sequence daily and weekly events
use angle classifications to solve problems.
use mental strategies to solve problems
use one to one relationships between data
use written strategies to solve problems
visualise results of combining small numbers of squares and triangles

 
For the NAPLAN skills for Year 5 click here.

Year 2 Numeracy - The Australian National Curriculum and NAPLAN

The Australian National Curriculum indicates the achievement standards required by students at the
end of each year. Since the NAPLAN tests are held in May each year, it is useful to look at the achievement standards for the year below each NAPLAN year. We will start with Year 2.

Year 2 Mathematics - Achievement Standards - ANC (draft) - alphabetical

Compare areas by direct comparison
Compare capacities using informal units and familiar metric units
Compare lengths using informal units and familiar metric units
Compare masses using informal units and familiar metric units
Describe and connect patterns of twos, fives and tens
Describe events produced by simple chance devices
Identify and describe properties of familiar shapes and objects
Model everyday simple functions
Partition numbers into units of tens and ones
Recognise patterns in units of 10 and 100
Represent collections larger than 100
Solve multiplicative problems
Understand different ways of representing data
Understand the sequence of numbers to 130
Use simple maps
Visualise and represent familiar shapes and objects
For the NAPLAN skills for Year 3 click here.

Year 3 Numeracy - The Australian National Curriculum and NAPLAN

Today we begin a comparison of the achievement standards outlined in the draft Australian National Curriculum (ANC) and the NAPLAN Tests.

Year 3 Mathematics - Achievement Standards - ANC (draft) - alphabetical

Choose efficient calculator strategies to solve problems in everyday situations.

Choose efficient mental strategies to solve problems in everyday situations.

Choose efficient written strategies  to solve problems in everyday situations.

Collect, represent and interpret data in tables, graphs and diagrams

Compare and order capacity

Compare and order length

Compare and order mass

Conduct simple chance events

Estimate and order length, mass and capacity using personal benchmarks.

Read clocks to five minutes

Represent positions and direction using simple maps

Solve everyday problems including describing quarter and half turns.

Understand place value to 1000

Understand the relationship between the number of parts and the size of fractions

Use money

Use number patterns including those found in the multiples of 2, 5 and 10

Use symmetry in designs

For the NAPLAN skills click here.

The Australian National Curriculum and NAPLAN

The draft curriculum for mathematics is now available online at the Australian Curriculum consultation website. www.australiancurriculum.edu.au

Current state and territory mathematics curriculum documents have been taken into account during the development of the K–10 mathematics curriculum.

The draft curriculum broadly aligns with those documents in relation to Number and algebra and Measurement and geometry.

Account was also taken of the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) for 2008 and 2009 in developing the content and achievement standards.

In terms of difference, the draft K–10 Australian Curriculum for mathematics contains a greater emphasis on statistics and probability in recognition of the need for students to be able to interpret data in the 21st century.

The embedded nature of the proficiency strands is in contrast to some state and territory documents where there is a separate process strand often called ‘working mathematically’.

There is a separate strand to ensure that the processes of mathematics are in context with, and linked to, appropriate mathematical concepts.

2010 NAPLAN Trial Tests

This is just a short note to all our valued customers.

All orders for the 2010 NAPLAN Trial Tests for Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 received up to and including Sunday February 28, 2010 have been sent.

Best wishes,

Bill Healy

Skills for NAPLAN

The skills required by the May 2008 and May 2009 NAPLAN tests are available free on this Blog.

 Just scroll down or use the search box to find the year level and test you are after.

Using NAPLAN Trial Tests

Most schools have now welcomed their new students into years 3, 5, 7 and 9 for 2010. Frequently, these students come from a wide range of different schools and backgrounds. Teachers can use our NAPLAN Trial Tests as diagnostics tools to find out new students' strengths and weaknesses. Our NAPLAN Trial tests come with detailed answers that can be used in a classroom with a data projector or printed out for student use. All of our NAPLAN Trial Tests come with an unlimited site licence for the school.

Our NAPLAN Trial Tests are in both Word and pdf formats to provide maximum flexibility for teachers

They are mailed to you on CD-ROM on the same day the order is received.

Order our 2009 and 2010 NAPLAN Trial Tests here.

Finding the NAPLAN information and resources you need.

Hi everyone. This NAPLAN Blog has been running for nearly two years and contains a wealth of information about NAPLAN for teachers, parents and students.

As the Blog gets bigger, you will need to use the search facility to find the information you require.

Over on the right hand side of the Blog, there is a Search Box. Simply type in a keyword that describes what you are looking for and all the Blog entries on this topic will be displayed.

Happy searching!

NAPLAN Year 9 Reading Skills - Alphabetical Listing

Here are the skills required (alphabetically) for Year 9 Reading as indicated by the NAPLAN questions in May 2008 and May 2009.

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NAPLAN Year 7 Reading Skills - Alphabetical Listing

Here are the skills required (alphabetically) for Year 7 Reading as indicated by the NAPLAN questions in May 2008 and May 2009.

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NAPLAN Year 5 Reading Skills - Alphabetical Listing

Here are the skills required (alphabetically) for Year 5 Reading as indicated by the NAPLAN questions in May 2008 and May 2009.

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NAPLAN Year 3 Reading Skills - Alphabetical Listing

Here are the skills required (alphabetically) for Year 3 Reading as indicated by the NAPLAN questions in May 2008 and May 2009.

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NAPLAN Year 9 Language Conventions Skills - Alphabetical Listing

Here are the skills required (alphabetically) for Year 9 Language Conventions as indicated by the NAPLAN questions in May 2008 and May 2009.

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NAPLAN Year 7 Language Conventions Skills - Alphabetical Listing

Here are the skills required (alphabetically) for Year 7 Language Conventions as indicated by the NAPLAN questions in May 2008 and May 2009.

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NAPLAN Year 5 Language Convention Skills - Alphabetical Listing

Here are the skills required (alphabetically) for Year 5 Language Conventions as indicated by the NAPLAN questions in May 2008 and May 2009.

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NAPLAN Year 3 Language convention Skills - Alphabetical Listing

Here are the skills required (alphabetically) for Year 3 Language Conventions as indicated by the NAPLAN questions in May 2008 and May 2009.

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NAPLAN Year 9 Numeracy Skills - Alphabetical Listing

Here are the skills required (alphabetically) for Year 9 Numeracy as indicated by the NAPLAN questions in May 2008 and May 2009. This list is for both Calculator and Non-Calculator skills.

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NAPLAN Year 7 Numeracy Skills - Alphabetical Listing

Here are the skills required (alphabetically) for Year 7 Numeracy as indicated by the NAPLAN questions in May 2008 and May 2009. This list is for both Calculator and Non-Calculator skills.

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NAPLAN Year 5 Numeracy Skills - Alphabetical Listing

Here are the skills required (alphabetically) for Year 5 Numeracy as indicated by the NAPLAN questions in May 2008 and May 2009.

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NAPLAN Year 3 Numeracy Skills - Alphabetical Listing

Here are the skills required (alphabetically) for Year 3 Numeracy as indicated by the NAPLAN questions in May 2008 and May 2009.

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NAPLAN 2010 : Skills Assessed May 2009 Year 5, Year 7 and Year 9 Reading Tests

Here are the skills that were assessed in each of the questions in the May 2009 NAPLAN Year 5 Reading Test.

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Here are the skills that were assessed in each of the questions in the May 2009 NAPLAN Year 7 Reading Test.

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Here are the skills that were assessed in each of the questions in the May 2009 NAPLAN Year 9 Reading Test.

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Order the 2010 NAPLAN Trial Tests online

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NAPLAN 2010 : Skills Assessed May 2009 Year 3 Reading Test

Here are the skills that were assessed in each of the questions in the May 2009 NAPLAN Year 3 Reading Test.

Download here.

NAPLAN 2010 : Skills Assessed May 2008 Year 9 Reading Test

Here are the skills that were assessed in each of the questions in the May 2008 NAPLAN Year 9 Reading Test.

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NAPLAN 2010 : Skills Assessed May 2008 Year 7 Reading Test

Here are the skills that were assessed in each of the questions in the May 2008 NAPLAN Year 7 Reading Test.

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Important Notification to all customers: 2010 NAPLAN Trial Tests mailed

To all our valued customers.

All orders received up to and including Sunday February 7 for the 2010 NAPLAN Trial Tests in Language Conventions, Reading, Writing and Numeracy for Years 3 , 5 , 7 and 9 have been mailed.

All NAPLAN Trial Test orders placed from Monday February 8 will be mailed the same day the order is received.

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NAPLAN 2010 : Skills Assessed May 2008 Year 5 Reading Test

Here are the skills that were assessed in each of the questions in the May 2008 NAPLAN Year 5 Reading Test.

Download here.

NAPLAN 2010 : Skills Assessed May 2008 Year 3 Reading Test

Today we start an analysis of the skills assessed in the NAPLAN Reading Tests in May 2008 and May 2009 for Years 3, 5, 7 and 9.

Here are the skills that were assessed in each of the questions in the May 2008 NAPLAN Year 3 Reading Test.

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NAPLAN 2010 : Skills Assessed May 2009 Year 9 Numeracy Non Calculator Test

NAPLAN 2010 : Skills Assessed May 2009 Year 9 Numeracy Non Calculator Test

Here are the skills that were assessed in each of the questions in the May 2009 NAPLAN Year 9 Numeracy Non Calculator Test

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NAPLAN 2010 : Skills Assessed May 2009 Year 9 Numeracy Calculator Allowed Test

Here are the skills that were assessed in each of the questions in the May 2009 NAPLAN Year 9 Numeracy Calculator Allowed Test

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NAPLAN 2010 : Skills Assessed May 2009 Year 7 Numeracy Non Calculator Test

Here are the skills that were assessed in each of the questions in the May 2009 NAPLAN Year 7 Numeracy Non Calculator Test

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NAPLAN 2010 : Skills Assessed May 2009 Year 7 Numeracy Calculator Allowed Test

Here are the skills that were assessed in each of the questions in the May 2009 NAPLAN Year 7 Numeracy Calculator Allowed Test

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Resources for NAPLAN 2010 : Skills Assessed May 2009 Year 5 Numeracy Test

Here are the skills that were assessed in each of the questions in the May 2009 NAPLAN Year 5 Numeracy Test. Download here

The 2010 NAPLAN Trial Tests are now available
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NAPLAN 2010 : Skills Assessed May 2009 Year 3 Numeracy Test

Welcome back to the school year for 2010.

We are continuing with our analysis of all of the May NAPLAN tests for 2008 and 2009.Here are the skills that were assessed in each of the questions in the May 2009 NAPLAN Year 3 Numeracy Test. Download here

The 2010 NAPLAN Trial Tests are now available
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NAPLAN 2010 : Skills Assessed May 2008 Year 9 Numeracy Non-Calculator Test

Here are the skills that were assessed in each of the questions in the May 2008 NAPLAN Year 9 Numeracy Non-Calculator Test

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NAPLAN 2010 : Skills Assessed May 2008 Year 9 Numeracy Calculator Allowed Test

Here are the skills that were assessed in each of the questions in the May 2008 NAPLAN Year 9 Numeracy Calculator Allowed Test

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Parents can now access the My School Web Site.

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NAPLAN 2010 : Skills Assessed May 2008 Year 7 Numeracy Non-Calculator Test

Here are the skills that were assessed in each of the questions in the May 2008 NAPLAN Year 7 Numeracy Non-Calculator Test

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NAPLAN 2010 : Skills Assessed May 2008 Year 7 Numeracy Calculator Allowed Test

Here are the skills that were assessed in each of the questions in the May 2008 NAPLAN Year 7 Numeracy Calculator Allowed Test

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NAPLAN 2010 : Skills Assessed May 2008 Year 5 Numeracy Test

Here are the skills that were assessed in each of the questions in the May 2008 NAPLAN Year 5 Numeracy Test.

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NAPLAN 2010 : Skills Assessed May 2008 Year 3 Numeracy Test

Today we start an analysis of the skills assessed in the NAPLAN Numeracy Tests in May 2008 and May 2009 for Years 3, 5, 7 and 9

Here are the skills that were assessed in each of the questions in the May 2008 NAPLAN Year 3 Numeracy Test.

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NAPLAN 2010 : Skills Assessed May 2009 Year 9 Language Conventions Test

Here are the skills that were assessed in each of the questions in the May 2009 NAPLAN Year 9 Language Conventions test.

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This completes the analysis of the skills assessed in the Language Conventions Tests for NAPLAN May 2008 and May 2009.

We hope you have found these helpful.

NAPLAN 2010 : Skills Assessed May 2009 Year 7 Language Conventions Test

Here are the skills that were assessed in each of the questions in the May 2009 NAPLAN Year 7 Language Conventions test.

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NAPLAN 2010 : Skills Assessed May 2009 Year 5 Language Conventions Test

Here are the skills that were assessed in each of the questions in the May 2009 NAPLAN Year 5 Language Conventions test.

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Satirical NAPLAN cartoon

This cartoon is provided without comment for your amusement or annoyance.

Full commentary provided here by the author.

The positive side of NAPLAN testing

This article appeared recently in the Australian Newspaper showing the positive side of NAPLAN testing. Read full article here.

SINCE the introduction of the national numeracy and literacy tests three years ago, Michael Phillips has used their results time and again to identify students who need additional help, as well as those those who are excelling and could be placed in advanced classes.

The principal of Ringwood Secondary College, in Melbourne's outer eastern suburbs, says the tests, in conjunction with teacher judgment and other internal assessment, have become invaluable in the way the school structures student learning.

"Together they provide a fairly rich picture of where the student is at," Mr Phillips said yesterday. "It certainly, in many instances, has helped raise levels of achievement of students at a greater rate."

The principal of 15 years opposes the planned ban by the Australian Education Union of the next round of the tests -- known as NAPLAN -- which are scheduled for May. The union's 180,000 public school teachers are refusing to administer the tests unless the federal government prevents the results from being compiled into league tables.

"I am really a bit unsure about the boycott of testing as a solution to the issue," Mr Phillips said. "I would hope that common sense would enable the tests to occur."

He says that stopping the testing will be disruptive for schools that rely on the results to structure programs and student learning.

"From my point of view, we use the NAPLAN data to look at individual student performance and it allows us to plan curriculum for particular groups of kids," he said. "We now have a whole lot of strategies that are informed by NAPLAN . . . and to have that information withdrawn would make it difficult to move forward with the whole student learning agenda."

NAPLAN 2010 : Skills Assessed May 2009 Year 3 Language Conventions Test

Here are the skills that were assessed in each of the questions in the May 2009 NAPLAN Year 3 Language Conventions test.

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NAPLAN 2010 : Skills Assessed May 2008 Year 9 Language Conventions Test

Here are the skills that were assessed in each of the questions in the May 2008 NAPLAN Year 9 Language Conventions test.

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NAPLAN 2010 : Skills Assessed May 2008 Year 7 Language Conventions Test

Here are the skills that were assessed in each of the questions in the May 2008 NAPLAN Year 7 Language Conventions test.

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NAPLAN 2010 : Skills Assessed May 2008 Year 5 Language Conventions Test

Here are the skills that were assessed in each of the questions in the May 2008 NAPLAN Year 5 Language Conventions test.

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NAPLAN 2010 : Skills Assessed May 2008 Year 3 Language Conventions Test

One of the best ways to discover the fundamental knowledge needed by students at each year level is to analyse the skills assessed in the May NAPLAN tests.

Over the next weeks, we will bring you an analysis of the skills assessed in each of the May 2008 and May 2009 NAPLAN tests.

Here are the skills that were assessed in each of the questions in the May 2008 NAPLAN Year 3 Language Conventions test.

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NAPLAN 2010 Detailed Information

In December 2010, the education authority in Victoria (VCAA) published this information about NAPLAN 2010. Although some of it is specific to Victorian schools, most of it (including the detailed timetable) is relevant to all Australia schools.

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NAPLAN 2010. Welcome back! First post for 2010.

I am sure that many of you are still on holidays but return to school is just around the corner.

I thought it would be useful to publish the Australian school dates for 2010.

Always helps with getting things organised.

Click here for all Australian school dates for 2010.

The 2010 NAPLAN Trial Tests are in the final stages of preparation and will be sent to schools and parents who have pre-ordered at the end of January.

Download order form here.

Best wishes,

Bill Healy (CEO)
Kilbaha Multimedia Publishing

Last NAPLAN Post for 2009

This is the last NAPLAN Post for 2009 unless there is some important announcement from ACARA.
Seasons greetings to all.

NAPLAN Trial Test orders can still be placed during November and December.

Order form here.

Delivery will be in January 2010

NAPLAN 2010 orders

Schools and parents who have already placed orders for the 2010 Trial NAPLAN tests with detailed answers are advised that these tests will be ready for delivery by January 15, 2010. Delivery to parents will take place on that date. Schools will receive their trial tests in the first week of the 2010 school year.

Order form available here.

2009 NAPLAN Test Questions

The 2009 NAPLAN test questions can be downloaded at
http://www.naplan.edu.au/naplan_2009_tests.html

The detailed answers to these test questions are available from Kilbaha Multimedia Publishing
Details here.

NAPLAN: Transparency versus Naming and Shaming

Lovely emotive words and phrases aren't they?
Loved by the news media and politicians alike.

The controversy continues.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/972171/gillard-intent-on-publishing-school-info

Opinions divided on the use of NAPLAN results

This issue is being processed with feeling on both sides.

Read comments at http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/17/2744666.htm