NAPLAN to be cancelled for 2020 due to COVID-19 disruption

Education ministers have decided to cancel NAPLAN for 2020

According to the report in The Sydney Morning Herald, March 20, 2020

This year’s NAPLAN tests have been cancelled, education ministers decided on Friday, citing the potential for lower participation, problems with marking tests and an unnecessary administrative burden on already-stressed schools

A planned trial of the online version of NAPLAN, due to begin on Monday, will also be cancelled.

Read in full article by Jordan Baker in The Sydney Morning Herald