This week, Year 7 and 9 students at the College participated in the ACARA Item Trial. The trial will be held in approximately 440 schools across Australia over a two week period.

The purpose of the trial is to evaluate potential questions for use in future NAPLAN tests. The students involvement and the results from the trial will help ACARA ensure that NAPLAN tests remain valid, reliable and fair for all students. The Item trial is about testing the questions, not students.

Participating students completed two Item Trial tests – Reading and Reading Conventions of Language (spelling, grammar and punctuation) test.

While there were some technical difficulties with the Online National Assessment Platform throughout the 2 days, the students’ patience and enthusiasm to participate in the Trial is to be commended.