Balaklava High School
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Balaklava SA 5461
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Phone: 08 8862 0600
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NAPLAN

NAPLAN Coordinated practice test (CPT)

All schools take part in the NAPLAN coordinated practice test (CPT) on Thursday 24 March at 11.00 am. All Year 7 and Year 9 students will need to bring in headphones, please note that the headphones cannot be wireless.

The purpose of the CPT is to trial the online assessment platform with a large number of users from around Australia. This will provide an opportunity to identify any issues with the online assessment platform that need to be addressed before NAPLAN. It will also avoid unexpected connectivity issues on the first day of NAPLAN testing in May.

Benefits for schools and students participating in practice tests:

  • Students gain important familiarity with the test format, functions and tools of the online tests in a test environment. Note that some functionality may be different to what students are used to. For instance, the online calculator has limited functionality. It is very important that students are not surprised by this different functionality on the day of the tests.
  • Students experience sitting the online test format before the NAPLAN tests occur in May.
  • Opportunity for school staff to become familiar with the functionality of the online assessment platform and to practise the administration of the tests.
  • Schools can ensure that Wi-Fi access points provide sufficient coverage for the number of devices in a test session.
  • Schools can identify and/or highlight any issues that need to be addressed or any technical aspects within a school that may have changed (eg software upgrades, new test devices).

If you have any questions please contact Michelle Pudney at the school.