Secondary Numeracy Assessment Programs (SNAP)

SNAP will be a sample test only in 2008.

In 2008 The National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy will be introduced for all students in Years 3, 5 7 and 9.

The purpose of the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is to assess the literacy and numeracy learning of students in all Australian schools.

The results of these tests will provide useful information for teachers and parents. In particular, they will help inform teachers in their ongoing efforts to address the literacy and numeracy needs of their students.

In NSW the NAPLAN tests will replace the Basic Skills Tests (BST), English Language and Literacy Assessment (ELLA) and Secondary Numeracy Assessment Program (SNAP). The national assessment is designed to provide information on student performance across a number of levels of achievement.

  The BST, ELLA and SNAP will only be conducted as a light sample testing program in 2008. Principals of schools selected to participate in the sample testing will be contacted early in the 2008 school year with details of their involvement.

NAP Newsletters
http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/policies/nap/newsletter/index.htm

NAPLAN NSW home page
http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/policies/nap/index.htm

NAPLAN Timetable
http://naplanstage.curriculum.edu.au/timetable/timetable.html  

This SNAP sample test will monitor the numeracy achievements of Year 7 students.

The BST, ELLA and SNAP will only be conducted as a light sample testing program in 2008. Principals of schools selected to participate in the sample testing will be contracted early in the 2008 school year with details of their involvement.

The SNAP 2008 sample test will be held on Tuesday 6 May 2008.