SMART Software

The School Measurement, Assessment and Reporting Toolkit (SMART) system is a powerful diagnostic tool that provides feedback to NSW schools and their communities.

Performance of educational outcomes and processes in NSW can be analysed at many levels, from individual students, to groups of students, cohorts, schools and the system as a whole. At any of these levels areas of strength and under-achievement can be determined. SMART also provides support through specific teaching strategies designed to improve student outcomes.


NAPLAN 2009 Results:

For Parents: Your child's 2009 NAPLAN  report will be available for distribution through your child's school from Monday 14 September 2009.

For Schools: The 2009 NAPLAN school data will be available for download from the SMART download site https://edod.det.nsw.edu.au after the release of the NAPLAN 2009 results by the Federal Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Julia Gillard at midday on the 11 September 2009.

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2008 SMART Installation Update - Apple MAC OSX 10.5 machines

Issue - SMART download to Apple MAC OSX10.5 machines.

Background - Schools using Apple MAC machines with OSX 10.1 to 10.4 can download SMART data without issue. Schools using Apple MAC (Leopard) machines with OSX 10.5 can download and install the SMART package, however school data cannot be downloaded. This is an external software issue that can be resolved in several ways.

Solutions - In order to receive your school data either:

  • download and install the SMART software and data package to an Apple MAC OSX 10.1-10.4 machine and copy the "EDOD" folder to a USB and paste onto the local drive of the Apple MAC OSX 10.5 machines
  • email EMSAD on data.smart@det.nsw.edu.au 

Schools will be able to access one of the above solutions and receive their NAPLAN or ESSA data for the SMART package.

SMART ESSA Release Thursday 19 March 2009

The SMART ESSA package is available for download from Thursday 19 March 2009.

Secondary schools will receive their passwords via a letter with the passwords to access the software. Passwords must be stored in a secure location.  Password letters will be in schools from Friday 20 March 2009.

This release will support secondary schools in the analysis of data and further support our teachers in the delivery of teaching and learning programs. Click here to download the software.

For further support please contact the Educational Measurement and School Accountability Directorate (EMSAD) on 9707 6295.

SMART NAPLAN UPDATE - NEW RELEASE 

A new release of SMART will be available for schools to download and reinstall from March 2009.

This release will further support schools in the analysis of their NAPLAN data.

The March update of SMART NAPLAN 2008 incorporates all past updates and reinstates growth data in tabular form.

It is now possible to view and print the NAPLAN growth data information which:

  • lists students in the growth quartiles
  • lists students above or equal to expected minimum growth
  • lists students below expected minimum growth

To effect the update it is necessary to remove all SMART icons including old install folders from the desktop, empty the recycle bin and begin the new download and re-installation process.