The NAPLAN National Report 2022 was released this week with results mostly stable at a national level from 2021 to 2022, apart from a decrease in Year 5 numeracy and Year 9 spelling.

The purpose of the report was to provide nationally comparable data on the national and state and territory results for each test domain and year level assessed, and for each year level by gender, Indigenous status and language background other than English.

In summary, findings showed national level results had defied predictions of drastic falls in performance related to COVID.

When looking at average scores, most long-term trends since 2008 either show steady progress, particularly in primary years, or are stable except for Year 9 spelling.

Over the long term, writing results which had been in decline up to 2018 are turning around, showing an upward trend for Years 5, 7 and 9 since 2019.

Aside from numeracy, the Year 5 results were also pleasing as 2022 was the first year this cohort sat their NAPLAN tests, following the cancellation of NAPLAN in 2020. 

QCEC will provide a presentation to the Commission at its November meeting on the NAPLAN 2022 results including the performance of Queensland Catholic sector students. 

The NAPLAN 2022 data portal is available here.