NAPLAN reports and analysis

School reports

Preparing for the release of school reports

The QCAA will inform schools when the Student and school summary report (SSSR) is released.

Schools may wish to check the following in preparation for the release of reports:

• Ensure the principal (or delegate) has this year's NAPLAN environment – School PIN that is required to extract the SSSR. This is available from the QCAA Portal in the fileShare application, under the Reporting files tab.
• If there has been a change of school leader, check they can access the Reporting files tab in the fileShare application to access and download writing responses and ISRs. Refer to QCAA Portal for NAPLAN webpage for instructions.

Student and school summary report

Principals will be able to access their School and student summary report (SSSR) via the Online National Assessment Platform.

• Platform guide 33: Student and school summary report (SSSR) (PDF, 415.8 KB) explains how to download and view the SSSR.
• The How to interpret the SSSR information sheet (PDF, 5.3 MB) on the National Assessment Platform (NAP) website provides detailed information about interpreting the SSSR and view online responses.

Individual student reports

The QCAA prints individual student reports (ISRs) for students who participate in NAPLAN tests. These reports are sent directly to schools for distribution.

Proficiency standards

From 2023, the ISRs will report student results using proficiency standards. Further information on proficiency standards, including the proficiency level descriptions, are available on the National Assessment Program website.

Checking and distributing NAPLAN reports

• How schools check and distribute student reports (PDF, 150.4 KB)

Download writing responses (all year levels)

All writing response files will be available for download in fileShare, in the Reporting files tab. The QCAA will inform schools when the writing responses are available. These files will be available until the end of the testing year. Refer to QCAA Portal for NAPLAN webpage for instructions on accessing the fileShare application.

Understanding NAPLAN reports

• Using the results (PDF, 127.3 KB)

The National Assessment Platform (NAP) website contains detailed information about NAPLAN results, reports and how to interpret these.

Accessing replacement reports and additional copies

Current year

Once student reports have been sent to schools, all schools will be able to download an additional copy of a student report for the remainder of the school year, if a parent/carer other than the primary carer requests a copy. To do this:

• log into QCAA Portal
• select the fileShare application tile
• select Reporting files from the menu area
• select View to download the required files.

State schools can download student reports for the current year through OneSchool.

Previous years

Principals can request a copy of a student report for a previous NAPLAN year:

• Email naplan@qcaa.qld.edu.au and request an additional copy of a NAPLAN student report. Include the following details for each student requiring an additional report:
• First name
• Last name
• Date of birth
• Year level at time of test
• Year of test(s)
• Ensure the principal's name, position, school and contact details are included.
• Within 7 days, the requested file will be available to download in the Reporting tab in the fileShare application.
• Schools will have two weeks to download the student report (from the date of QCAA uploading) before the file is removed.

Visit QCAA Portal for NAPLAN for information on fileShare access.

NAPLAN data

School principals may request NAPLAN data sets from previous years by emailing naplan@qcaa.qld.edu.au. Include the data year/s (i.e. 2022), and year level/s (i.e. Years 3 and 5) required. The QCAA will arrange the NAPLAN data sets to be available to download from the fileShare application in the QCAA Portal.