About 9700 students across NSW will be re-sitting NAPLAN tests on Tuesday.Credit:Hank Van Stuivenberg
The option to resit NAPLAN tests was given to schools and students last week after the original online tests in mid-May were disrupted. Hundreds of schools across the country reported connection dropouts,lags,difficulties logging in and problems inputting answers.
A national review into the administration of the online tests,including the problems with the testing platform,has been announced.
"There will be an independent review into the administration of NAPLAN with a focus on the delivery of the platform and any factors that contributed to the experience of some schools,"federal Education Minister Dan Tehan said on Monday.
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"Any change to NAPLAN or its online provision would be a decision of all education ministers."
NSW Education Minister Sarah Mitchell said she has"serious reservations"about the Australian Curriculum,Assessment and Reporting Authority's current plans to rollout NAPLAN online across all Australian schools next year.
“Since these glitches were not unique to NSW and were experienced across the country,I will be discussing with my state and federal colleagues at[the] Education Council next month what the best approach is moving forward.”