NAPLAN numeracy and literacy tests to be online in 2017

By Alexandra Smith
Updated November 12 2014 - 10:14am, first published October 31 2014 - 3:32pm
Pens down: students sit the NAPLAN test.  Photo: Rodger Cummins
Pens down: students sit the NAPLAN test. Photo: Rodger Cummins
Pens down: students sit the NAPLAN test.  Photo: Rodger Cummins
Pens down: students sit the NAPLAN test. Photo: Rodger Cummins
Pens down: students sit the NAPLAN test.  Photo: Rodger Cummins
Pens down: students sit the NAPLAN test. Photo: Rodger Cummins
Pens down: students sit the NAPLAN test.  Photo: Rodger Cummins
Pens down: students sit the NAPLAN test. Photo: Rodger Cummins

Schools will be able to choose to sit NAPLAN tests online in 2017 and the use of pen and paper for the national numeracy and literacy tests will be completely phased out by 2019, after education ministers agreed on the roll-out of interactive testing today.

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