1. 2008 National Assessment Program- Literacy and Numeracy

2. Test timetable National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy 2008 at Years 3, 5 and 7
Year level
Tuesday 13 May
Wednesday 14 May
Thursday 15 May
Year 3
Language conventions
40 minutes
Writing
40 minutes - 5 mins. to plan, 30 mins to write, 5 mins to edit
Reading
45 minutes
Numeracy
Year 5
50 minutes
Year 7
45minutes
65 minutes
40 minutes x 2
(80 minutes in total)
Non-calculator test first, then calculator-allowed test

3. Test timetable National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy 2008 at Year 9
Year level
Tuesday 13 May
Wednesday 14 May
Thursday 15 May
Year 9
* Language conventions
45 minutes
Writing
40 minutes - 5 mins. to plan, 30 mins to write, 5 mins to edit
* Language conventions comprises spelling, grammar and punctuation
Reading
65 minutes
** Numeracy
40 minutes x 2
(80 minutes in total)
Non-calculator test first, then calculator-allowed test
** Numeracy comprises Number, Algebra, function and pattern, Space, Measurement, chance and data

4. Principals Handbook Details of student exemption form, to be signed by
parent.
Principals must finalise
exemptions by 30 April
Students who are provided
with accommodations must use
these for the tests
Test security

5. Naplan test samples Year 3 Language conventions Practice booklets for
Year 3 children will be
sent to schools
mid March

7. Year 3 Reading

8. Naplan test samples Year 5 Language conventions There will be about 50
questions.  Half will be
on spelling, and half
will be on grammar
and punctuation.

10. Year 5 Reading

11. Naplan test samples Year 7 Language conventions
There will be between 50
to 60 questions.  Half will
be on spelling, and half
will be on grammar
and punctuation.

12. Year 7 Reading

13. Naplan test samples Year 9 Language conventions
There will be between 50
to 60 questions.  Half will
be on spelling, and half
will be on grammar
and punctuation.

15. Year 9 Reading

16. Discussion
Identify some of the test genre strategies that students will need, in order to demonstrate what they know and can do.
How could you incorporate some of these strategies into your everyday classroom practice?

17. Writing stimulus
The teacher reads the directions on the writing prompt aloud to all students.
The prompt includes images which can support students in crafting their response.
Students cannot discuss the topic.

18. Writing task - narrative
Definition:
A narrative is a time –ordered text that is used to narrate events and to create, entertain and emotionally move an audience. Other social purposes of narrative may be to inform, to persuade and to socialise. The main structural components of a narrative are the orientation, the complication and the resolution.

19. 10 Criteria Audience Text structure Ideas Character and setting
Vocabulary
Cohesion
Paragraphing
Sentence structure
Punctuation
Spelling