Pen and paper tests prevail as state government ditches NAPLAN Online for another year

Updated April 19 2017 - 1:16pm, first published 12:44pm
Students will sit the NAPLAN using good old-fashioned pen and paper after trials showed problems with the online platform. Photo: iStock.
Students will sit the NAPLAN using good old-fashioned pen and paper after trials showed problems with the online platform. Photo: iStock.

Education minister Sue Ellery announced today that Western Australian schools will not sit NAPLAN (National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy) online this year, after trials on the school holidays identified issues with the online platform.

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