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Past NAPLAN test papers and answers
You can access some past NAPLAN test papers and answers on the
‘NAPLAN’ page of the ACARA website. These test papers have been released under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth). The ‘NAPLAN’ page also contains copyright information in relation to these test materials.
1. Acknowledgement
These copyright and terms of use have been adapted from a similar document published on the website of Education Services Australia Limited (ESA) and dated 14 March 2014. ACARA acknowledges ESA as the source of these copyright and terms of use.
2. Creative commons licence
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ACARA supports and encourages broad use of its material.
Unless indicated otherwise (including in section 3 below), copyright material available on this website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY) licence (Creative Commons licence).
This licence allows you to:
- share – copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
- adapt – remix, transform and build upon the material
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- any logos, including the ACARA logo, the NAP logo, the Australian Curriculum logo, the My School logo, the Australian Government logo and the Education Services Australia Limited logo
- other trade mark protected material
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This material must not be used for any purpose.
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Some other material on this website may not be licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY) licence and can only be used in accordance with the specific terms of use attached to that material. This applies, for example, to PDF reports or other documents which contain a more restrictive licence.
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- previous NAPLAN example questions, writing prompts or reading stimulus texts
- persuasive and narrative writing marking guides, found on the NAPLAN ‘What’s in the tests’ page of this website
- NAPLAN online demonstration tests
- NAP sample public demonstration tests
- How to interpret the SSSR guide
- all example individual student reports (ISRs).
You may view, download, display, print, reproduce (such as by making photocopies) and distribute these Excluded Materials in unaltered form only for your personal, non-commercial educational purposes or for the non-commercial educational purposes of your organisation, provided that you make others aware it can only be used for these purposes, and attribute ACARA as the source of the Excluded Material in accordance with section 4 below. For the avoidance of doubt, this means that you cannot edit, modify or adapt any of these materials, and you cannot sub-license any of these materials to others. Apart from any uses permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), and those explicitly granted above, all other rights are reserved by ACARA. If you want to use such material in a manner that is outside this restrictive licence, you must request permission from ACARA by submitting an online enquiry (select ‘copyright’ as the enquiry type).
Some videos may be hosted on external platforms such as YouTube. The licence terms on these external platforms govern your use of this material. For more information about linked material from third party websites, see section 7 below.
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All ACARA material published on this website and covered by the Creative Commons licence is to be cited as follows:
“© Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) 2011 to present, unless otherwise indicated. This material was downloaded from the National Assessment Program website (website) (accessed [insert date]) and [was][was not] modified. The material is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY) licence. ACARA does not endorse any product that uses ACARA material or make any representations as to the quality of such products. Any product that uses ACARA's material should not be taken to be affiliated with ACARA or have the sponsorship or approval of ACARA. It is up to each person to make their own assessment of the product.”
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If this website contains links to your website and you have any objection to such linking, please contact ACARA by submitting an online enquiry (select ‘copyright’ as the enquiry type).
Similarly, if you have any questions regarding use of material available on or through this website, please contact us by submitting an online enquiry (select ‘copyright’ as the enquiry type).
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The materials available on this website are made available by ACARA as an information source only.
ACARA has compiled the material on this website in good faith and has endeavoured to ensure that all material is accurate and does not breach any entity’s rights at the time of its inclusion. However, the material may contain unintentional errors and is provided ‘as is’.
You acknowledge and agree that you will make your own enquiries to determine whether information you obtain through the website is current, complete and accurate before using it.
We do not warrant or guarantee:
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- that your use of the website will be continuous, uninterrupted, secure or error-free.
We also assume no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property as a result of your access to, use of, or browsing in the website or your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video, or audio from this website.
If ACARA has inadvertently included materials belonging to any other party, please contact ACARA by submitting an online enquiry (select ‘copyright’ as the enquiry type).
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Where liability cannot be lawfully excluded, the entire liability of ACARA and your exclusive remedy is resupply of the website or the material contained on it.
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We do not warrant or guarantee the security of the website. You are solely responsible for the security of your device (including any data stored on your device) and for using appropriate and up-to-date software on your device to detect and manage the threat posed by viruses and other harmful code.
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Unless the material is made available under a Creative Commons BY licence or relevant terms/conditions of use allow modification or adaption, you must contact ACARA by submitting an online enquiry (select ‘copyright’ as the enquiry type) if you:
- intend to charge others for use or access to ACARA material from this website
- intend to publish a modified version of any ACARA material from this website.
13. Variations of terms of use
ACARA may change, modify, add to or remove any part of these terms of use; change, modify, add to, or remove, any material contained on the website or any other aspect of the website, without notice or liability. It is your responsibility to regularly check these terms of use to ensure you are familiar with their current form. Your continued use of the website constitutes your acceptance of any changes to the terms of use.
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Last updated: May 2024