Key Facts

  • In 2023, 57% of Year 6 students and 54% of Year 10 students achieved at or above the proficient standard in Science Literacy.

  • In 2022, 55% of Year 6 students and 46% of Year 10 students achieved at or above the proficient standard in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Literacy.

  • In 2019, 53% of Year 6 students and 38% of Year 10 students achieved at or above the proficient standard in Civics and Citizenship.


Notes and caveats

    • The NAP–Science Literacy 2023 assessment is the second NAP sample assessment to occur since the 2-year pandemic hiatus, following the NAP–ICT Literacy assessment in 2022. It is also the first of the NAP sample assessments to shift to the earlier main study testing window of May, a calendar year shift of 5 months from the previous cycle of the assessment in 2018, which took place in October. For this reason, changes in achievement between 2023 and previous cycles of the assessment need to be interpreted with some caution.
    • Due to the impacts of COVID-19, the 2020 NAP sample assessment in ICT Literacy was postponed to 2022 and the 2021 NAP sample assessment in Science Literacy was postponed to 2023. 
    • In the 2019 sample assessment in Civics and Citizenship, sample requirements were not achieved in Tasmania (Year 10) and the Northern Territory (Years 6 and Year 10). This may have resulted in a less representative sample and biased results. Therefore, their results should be interpreted with caution.
    • In 2018, the sample assessment in Science Literacy was extended to Year 10. To accommodate this, proficiency levels were widened and re-labelled. However, as the proficient standard for Year 6 remained unchanged, the proportion of students at or above proficient standard can be compared historically. 
    • As 2018 was the first time Year 10 students were assessed in Science Literacy, some states/territories opted not to report their state/territory separately due to sample size restrictions. Australian results include all states.
    • For further detail please see the NAP sample assessments website.
    • This information relates to Part 3 of National Report on Schooling in Australia.

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