ABOUT WALNA
  Welcome to WALNA
   Goal
   History
  Who does WALNA
  Timelines

THE TESTS
   The Standards
   Test Development
   Test Content
   Marking
   Marking Guides
   Data Analysis

THE RESULTS
   General
   Individual
   Class
   School
   Digital Version

KEY FINDINGS
   Reports
   District Results
   Public Schools Results
   All Schools Results

INFORMATION
   Parent Choice
   Reporting
   Info. Brochures
   Administration
   Home Schooling

DATA CLUB
   Data Club
   

The total Year 3, Year 5 and Year 7 population of public schools in Western Australia is approximately 56,500. With a few exceptions, all of these students undertake the reading, writing, spelling and numeracy assessments. Around 22,000 students from WA Catholic and independent schools also participate in the assessments..

Public schools in Tasmania and some independent schools in South Australia and ACT also participate in WALNA.

In all, over 100,000 students across Australia participate in WALNA each year.

From 2008, National Literacy and Numeracy assessments will be implemented at Years 3, 5, 7 and 9.

The table below shows the year level participation in the assessments.  By finding the year that an individual student commences Year one, it can be seen when students will participate in the assessments.

A major purpose of the assessments is to inform parents and caregivers of the progress of their children over time.