1. Pro's for NAPLAN
1.1. Leadership
1.1.1. National, State, Regional, Network, and School
1.1.1.1. Very good for trends
1.1.1.1.1. Student cohorts
1.1.1.1.2. School cohorts
1.1.1.1.3. Curriculum areas
1.1.1.2. A standardised, nation-wide test.
1.1.2. Curriculum
1.1.2.1. See "Item Analysis Report"
1.1.2.2. Using the IAR (as mentioned above), a curriculum group, or PLT could target specific areas within their area, thus improving curriculum planning.
1.2. Staff
1.2.1. Staff have an additional, standardised, nation-wide data source to compare to their teacher judgement
1.3. Students
1.3.1. VERY little, hence the construction of this site.
1.3.2. A standardised, nation-wide comparison with other students of their age.
1.3.2.1. NB> The results are barely relevant after a 4 month turn-around.
1.4. MySchool website
1.4.1. As a parent I have found this very helpful. NB. I can also see it as having a negative influence (see below)