National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN)
In 2009, Australian schools undertook the second year of testing under the National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy 
(NAPLAN).
The national tests assess the skills of all students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 in reading, writing, language conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and numeracy.
Students from all state and non-state schools across Australia take part in these national literacy and numeracy tests in May of each year.
These tests provide an important measure of how all students are performing against national standards.
NAPLAN was developed collaboratively by the Australian Government, state and territory governments and non-state school sectors. These tests replace the previous state and territory based tests conducted prior to 2008.
The national reports on NAPLAN test results are produced by the Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (MCEECDYA).
The Summary Report produced by MCEECDYA containing preliminary NAPLAN results is publicly available.
The final National Report is more comprehensive and contains information categorising results by sex, Indigenous status, geolocation, parental education and parental occupation. This report will be available from MCEECDYA in December 2009.
The Queensland Studies Authority (QSA) coordinates the administration, marking and reporting of the NAPLAN tests in Queensland. Please visit the QSA website for further information.
Delivery of 2009 NAPLAN individual student reports by the QSA and access for schools to school reports are available via the secure QSA web site.
The 2009 NAPLAN Outcomes report providing results for all Queensland schools by test area is also available on the QSA website.
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