NAPLAN Evaluation Domains 3

Question 1

In NAPLAN Writing, the 'cohesion' criterion evaluates:

Accepted Answer

The use of linking devices and pronoun references that connect ideas across the text

Answer

Cohesion looks at how well connective words, pronouns, and references tie the text together smoothly.

Question 2

A Year 9 student's NAPLAN Reading task includes an advertisement, a poem, and a newspaper article. This variety reflects which key design feature of the Reading domain?

Accepted Answer

Assessing comprehension across multiple text types

Answer

NAPLAN Reading deliberately includes a range of text types to assess comprehension across different genres and purposes.

Question 3

Which NAPLAN Numeracy item type would most directly assess a student's ability to interpret a bar graph?

Accepted Answer

A question asking students to read values and draw conclusions from a graph

Answer

Reading and interpreting graphs falls under the Statistics and Probability strand within NAPLAN Numeracy.

Question 4

NAPLAN Language Conventions word knowledge items differ from Reading items primarily because they:

Accepted Answer

Focus on identifying correct word choice, grammar, and spelling in isolation rather than full text comprehension

Answer

Language Conventions tests discrete language skills in sentence-level contexts, while Reading requires comprehension of full texts.

Question 5

In NAPLAN Writing assessment, 'sentence structure' is marked as a separate criterion from 'punctuation' because:

Accepted Answer

Sentence structure evaluates grammatical construction while punctuation evaluates the marks used to signal structure

Answer

Sentence structure marks how grammatically correct and varied sentences are, while punctuation marks how effectively marks are used within those sentences.

(NAPLAN) National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy Practice Test

(NAPLAN) National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy Practice Test

NAPLAN Evaluation Domains 3