Results and reports

NAPLAN results are reported in a number of ways, including national results, school-level reporting on the My School website and individual student reports.

NAPLAN tests are not pass/fail assessments.

See the ACARA website for NAP reporting key dates.

On this page

• NAPLAN national results
• NAPLAN results for schools
• NAPLAN results for students, parents and carers (individual student reports)
• NAPLAN scales and proficiency standards
• NAPLAN proficiency standards FAQs
• NAPLAN technical reports and past national reports

NAPLAN national results

NAPLAN national results are provided in an interactive online report that includes results at each year level and domain by state/territory and nationally, by gender, Indigeneity, language background other than English status, parental occupation, parental education, and remoteness.

ACARA works with states and territories to analyse this unique data set – allowing us to see how students have progressed in the important areas of literacy and numeracy across the years of schooling.

Prior to 2023, NAPLAN national results were released as a National Report in PDF format and these are provided below. The NAPLAN technical report continues to be provided as a PDF and these are also available below.

NAPLAN 2026 national results are expected to be released in early August 2026.

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NAPLAN results for schools

Results for schools and students who completed NAPLAN are provided to schools in the student and school summary report (SSSR), or other reporting provided by the state/territory test administration authority (TAA) or other education authority.

Read How to interpret the SSSR (15 April 2026) (PDF 3 MB) for more information. The dates for release may vary by jurisdiction and schools should contact their TAA for more information.

See also the NAPLAN scales and proficiency standards section of this page.

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NAPLAN results for students, parents and carers (individual student reports)

All students who participate in NAPLAN receive an individual report of their results. Individual student reports are not provided for the NAP sample assessments.

NAPLAN individual student reports (ISRs) are provided to schools by the state or territory test administration authority.

NAPLAN individual student results are reported against proficiency standards to provide parents and carers with clear information on student achievement.

The proficiency standards show the level of achievement expected of students when they take NAPLAN in March each year. They are set to be challenging, but still reasonable for students at that point in their learning.

Reading a NAPLAN individual student report

The front page of the student report provides general information about the tests and an explanation of how to read the report.

The second and third pages show the student’s result in each assessment area. The results are classified into one of 4 proficiency levels: Exceeding, Strong, Developing and Needs additional support.

This report also shows how the student is performing compared with other students.

• The student’s result is shown by a black dot.
• The national average for students in the same school year is shown by a black triangle.
• The range of results for the middle 60% of students is shown by a light shaded box.

In some states and territories, the report also shows the average result for the student’s school.

The final page of the report gives a short summary of the skills students typically demonstrate at each proficiency level. More detailed descriptions of these skills are available in the proficiency level descriptions. 

Watch our video on reading NAPLAN ISRs (3:15) | transcript (PDF 130 KB):

 

See the Individual student report – brochure for parents and carers (PDF 294 KB).

Other resources for ISRs:

• Read more below about NAPLAN proficiency standards and interpreting results.
• Example individual student reports:
  • Year 3 example individual student report (ISR) without school mean (PDF 3.5 MB)
  • Year 5 example individual student report (ISR) without school mean (PDF 3.5 MB)
  • Year 7 example individual student report (ISR) without school mean (PDF 3.5 MB)
  • Year 9 example individual student report (ISR) without school mean (PDF 3.5 MB).
• How to read NAPLAN student reports from 2008 to 2022.

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NAPLAN scales and proficiency standards

Education ministers agreed that NAPLAN test results would be reported using proficiency standards from 2023. Together with the move to an earlier NAPLAN in March, these changes meet an initiative of the 2019 National School Reform Agreement. 

The proficiency standards are reported on reset NAPLAN measurement scales that make better use of the online adaptive tests.

A new NAPLAN time series was established from 2023. Results from 2023 on cannot be directly compared to results from 2008 to 2022.

Scales

NAPLAN results are reported using measurement scales for each of the assessment areas of numeracy, reading, writing, spelling, and grammar and punctuation (these last 2 together are called conventions of language). There are 5 scales in all.

Proficiency standards

The NAPLAN proficiency standards include 4 proficiency levels for each assessment area at each year level: 

• Exceeding: the student’s result exceeds expectations at the time of testing. 
• Strong: the student’s result meets challenging but reasonable expectations at the time of testing.
• Developing: the student’s result indicates that they are working towards expectations at the time of testing.
• Needs additional support: the student’s result indicates that they are not achieving the learning outcomes expected at the time of testing. They are likely to need additional support to progress satisfactorily.

Each of the standards represents increasingly challenging skills and understandings as students move through the years of schooling.

The number and percentage of questions a student needs to answer correctly to achieve a result in a given level varies depending on the test domain, year level and, for non-writing tests, the student’s pathway through the tailored test.

A student’s score point on each scale is determined by the student’s total test score rather than the most difficult item correctly answered. Typically, students will be able to correctly answer most of the items that are below their score point and may correctly answer some of the items above their score point.

The diagram below illustrates the progression of proficiency levels from Year 3 to Year 9. It shows an average of the five assessment areas. There are slight variations between assessment areas – the precise location of each proficiency level on the NAPLAN scale is indicated in the table beneath the diagram.

Diagram: NAPLAN measurement scales averaged across domains

Table: NAPLAN scale score cut points between proficiency levels

Other resources:

• NAPLAN proficiency level descriptions provide detailed summaries of what students at each level can typically demonstrate.
• See how NAPLAN student results were reported from 2008 to 2022.

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