Practice papers live on Dashboard, then Practice. Open the Take Tests tab, find the paper and press Start Test.
The Practice page
The page has three tabs:
- Take Tests, the papers your bundles unlock
- Results & Review, every attempt and its score
- Bookmarks, questions saved while reviewing
Finding a paper
Each paper is a card showing its name, its duration in minutes and, for a writing paper, the style it asks for. Under the tabs is a row of subject chips: All Tests, then Mathematics, Thinking, Reading and Writing. A NAPLAN account sees Numeracy, Language Conventions, Reading and Writing instead. There is also a Search tests by name box.
On a phone the papers load a batch at a time, with a Show more button at the bottom of the grid.
Starting
- Press Start Test on the card.
- A Ready to Begin? window opens and sets out the conditions: the timer runs all the way to the end once you start and cannot be paused or restarted, A4 paper and a pencil are allowed for working out, sit it somewhere quiet, and the first serious attempt is the one compared against other students.
- Press Start Now. The timer begins immediately.
Papers already opened
- Continue Attempt appears on a paper your child is part way through. It resumes the same attempt, and the clock has kept running since it began.
- Attempt Again appears on a paper already finished. It starts a fresh attempt, and the same conditions window appears first.
Every attempt counts towards your child's own progress, so a second sitting is never wasted.