NAPLAN testing is about to start. How can you support an anxious child?
- Written by Rachel Leslie, Lecturer in Curriculum and Pedagogy with a focus on Educational Psychology, University of Southern Queensland
Jonas Mohamadi/ Pexels, CC BYFrom March 13, NAPLAN testing for 2024 will begin. Over the following two weeks, all Australian students in years 3,5,7 and 9 are expected to sit tests in literacy and numeracy.
Results are then aggregated for schools and other demographics and made public. Students also get their individual results.
For students in...





