NAPLAN handbooks
These handbooks provide principals and NAPLAN coordinators with the information they need to administer NAPLAN at their school.
- National protocols for test administration
- 2025 NAPLAN Operations handbook – Handbook for principals
- 2025 NAPLAN test administration handbook for teachers (PDF, 624.9 KB)
- Test administration handbook for practice tests (PDF, 590.7 KB)
- NAPLAN handbooks hard copy order form
NAPLAN platform guides
These platform guides provide detailed instructions on all tasks related to the Online National Assessment Platform.
Platform guide list
- Platform guide 1: Roles and tasks overview (PDF, 193.7 KB)
- Platform guide 2: Registration (PDF, 263.5 KB)
- Platform guide 3: Invite NAPLAN coordinators (PDF, 278.9 KB)
- Platform guide 4: Invite school technical support officer (PDF, 278.8 KB)
- Platform guide 5: Technical readiness (PDF, 254.4 KB)
- Platform guide 6: Create new student record (PDF, 327.6 KB)
- Platform guide 7: Edit student record (PDF, 300.3 KB)
- Platform guide 8: Manage student participation statuses (PDF, 311.5 KB)
- Platform guide 9: Apply disability adjustments (PDF, 300.8 KB)
- Platform guide 10: Add/remove class groups (PDF, 343.2 KB)
- Platform guide 11: Generate reports (PDF, 181.1 KB)
- Platform guide 12: Moving from Preparing to Delivering (PDF, 225.2 KB)
Platform guide list
- Platform guide 13: Roles and tasks overview (PDF, 193.5 KB)
- Platform guide 14: Create TA packs (PDF, 284.4 KB)
- Platform guide 15: Create and manage TA session logins (PDF, 325.2 KB)
- Platform guide 16: Print TA session slips (PDF, 225.5 KB)
- Platform guide 17: Print student session slips (PDF, 306.9 KB)
- Platform guide 18: TA login and start session (PDF, 523.7 KB)
- Platform guide 19: Monitor a test session (PDF, 254.7 KB)
- Platform guide 20: Allow late entry to a test session (PDF, 222.6 KB)
- Platform guide 21: Pause and resume a test attempt (PDF, 361.7 KB)
- Platform guide 22: Pause and resume a test session (PDF, 331.1 KB)
- Platform guide 23: Reopen a test attempt and add more time (PDF, 237.5 KB)
- Platform guide 24: Unlock a test attempt (PDF, 248.7 KB)
- Platform guide 25: Finish a test attempt (PDF, 245.1 KB)
- Platform guide 26: Postpone a test attempt (PDF, 312.3 KB)
- Platform guide 27: Finalise a test session (PDF, 281.4 KB)
- Platform guide 28: Manage a test session (PDF, 259.9 KB)
- Platform guide 29: Manage test attempts (PDF, 368.4 KB)
- Platform guide 30: Abandon a test attempt (sanctioned) (PDF, 165.6 KB)
- Platform guide 31: Generate reports (PDF, 172.2 KB)
- Platform guide 32: Moving from Delivering to Results (PDF, 220.8 KB)