Principals and NAPLAN coordinators should ensure that final preparations are underway for the administration of the NAPLAN tests.

The responsibilities of the principal in overseeing the 2015 tests are in the Handbook for Principals (pp 18-20).

• The principal will determine and appoint relevant persons to act as test administrators.
• The principal will ensure test administrators are provided with the relevant Test Administration Handbook for Teachers and all assessment materials and are familiar with the requirements of the role, including implementation of disability adjustments for relevant students.
• The principal will ensure test administrators are provided with a copy of the code of conduct.

The Test Administration Handbooks for Teachers should be distributed to the relevant test administrators as soon as convenient after delivery. All other test materials should be securely stored until test week.

The NAPLAN Code of Conduct can be downloaded from the BOSTES NAPLAN or PAR websites.

It is strongly recommended that a meeting with test administrators is held prior to the test period, so they can be fully briefed on the mandatory protocols and procedures for administering the tests. Suggested topics for discussion can be used to prepare an agenda. Support staff and itinerant teachers, who will also be administering the tests, should also attend any meetings.

Two new interactive PDFs can be downloaded from the ‘Documents and Forms’ screen in PAR:

• NAPLAN 2015 Guidelines for NAPLAN coordinators
• NAPLAN 2015 Guidelines for test administrators.

For more information, contact:
NAPLAN team
naplan.nsw@bostes.nsw.edu.au
(02) 9367 8382