St Bernard’s Primary School teacher Jenny Smith has been selected to provide valuable input into the developmental process of the National Assessment Program Science Literacy (NAP-SL) test through partaking in ACARA’s first three-day National Assessment writing workshop.

With Mrs Smith’s assistance, the items generated from the writing workshop will be added to the pool of items to be tested in the NAP-SL field trial in June, in which her school is participating.

The valuable and informative professional learning experience will equip Mrs Smith with the skills to write effective and valid diagnostic test items that can then be incorporated into online tests and into the classroom.

Year 6 students have participated in the NAP-SL test every three years since 2003 and this year will see the introduction of a Year 10 test to be delivered in an online environment.