NAPLAN results show consistency across literacy and numeracy

• Queensland’s 2024 NAPLAN results show over 60% of students achieved “strong” or “exceeding” proficiency in reading and numeracy
• This is consistent with 2023 results
• The Queensland Government continues to prioritise providing support for students who are developing or need additional support.

Queensland school students’ 2024 NAPLAN results have remained consistent with 2023, with over 60% achieving a level of “strong” or “exceeding” proficiency in reading and numeracy.

Preliminary NAPLAN results were provided to schools in April, and final results provided in June, which has allowed teachers and school leaders to use the results to inform learning and support needs in their classrooms.

Report card data is still the most powerful data schools have about student performance and they tell us how well students are learning in relation to the Australian Curriculum and what we need to do to support them to achieve their full potential.

Queensland has a strong focus on English and Mathematics and have seen improvements in A–E outcomes across every year level including Semester 1 preliminary data showing more than 85% of students achieve a C and above in English and with almost 50% excelling receiving an A or B.

The Miles Government is prioritising funding support for students who are developing or need additional supports including investing in:

• $35m over 3 years from 2023 to implement a new reading commitment which supports a consistent evidence-informed approach to teaching reading across all state schools
• $23m each year provided directly to schools based on need for literacy and numeracy supports
• More than 1,100 specialist learning support staff and 500 specialists like speech and language pathologists allocated to regions and schools
• $4.9 million over 2 years for 120 Homework Centres at state school with on-site support for students to complete homework outside of school hours.

The 2023 NAPLAN set a new baseline across four new improved proficiency levels, meaning 2023 and 2024 results cannot be compared with those from 2022 or earlier.

Quotes attributable to Education Minister Di Farmer:

“NAPLAN is simply a point in time measure of student progress."

"Our teachers, teacher aides and school leaders work every day to support every student to achieve their best.

"The NAPLAN results help us to make sure we are investing in the right areas to support students with developing or additional needs.

"I encourage all parents and carers to review their child’s NAPLAN results in conjunction with their report cards and teacher feedback, and work with their school to explore extra support available where needed.”

Further information:

The 2023 NAPLAN set a new baseline across four new improved proficiency levels which teachers can use to support their students.

The proficiency levels describe student NAPLAN achievement at Exceeding, Strong, Developing and Needs additional support.

These set challenging but reasonable expectations of student achievement in literacy and numeracy, with clear expectations for students as they progress through their schooling.

Results for 2023 set a new baseline, meaning they will not be directly comparable with results from 2022 or earlier.

Reasons for the new 2023 baseline included:

• new proficiency levels for reporting results;
• earlier timing of NAPLAN in March, rather than in May as in previous years;
• the shift to online adaptive tests that give more precise results; and
• a new measurement scale that means results do not have to be equated back to the paper test results of previous years.

Media – Tim Auguston 0427 090 563

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