Independent Schools Queensland (ISQ) welcomes the review of the content suite covered by NAPLAN testing. ISQ acknowledges the concerns outlined in the NAPLAN Review Interim Report; however, in general, member schools agree NAPLAN still has a role to play in supporting system and sector-wide school improvement.

ISQ’s 2018 What Parents Want survey found that 18% of parents considered the My School website in the top three sources of information when researching schools for their child. Independent schools work hard to balance the positive communication about the value of NAPLAN data for school improvement and against the perception that NAPLAN is a competitive and high-stakes regime.

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