Unbroken year-on-year student progress data.
National progress index (NPI)
Get unbroken longitudinal data for literacy and numeracy
When completing our progress and placement tests, you can import NAPLAN results to see steady year-on-year performance data for literacy and numeracy.
Analyse student progress
at every level
Avoid over testing for foundational skills
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Subjects covered in the index
Reading
Learning areas tested:
- Remembering info
- Locating details
- Analysing text
- Evaluating info
- Deriving/drawing conclusions
- Combining info
Writing
Learning areas tested, varies depending on persuasive or narrative:
- Genre/structure
- Arguments
- Vocabulary
- Sentence structure and cohesion
- Syntax/tense
- Punctuation
- Spelling
Mathematics
Learning areas tested:
- Numbers
- Measurements
- Space and geometry
- Data
- Patterns and algebra
- Working mathematically
How NPI works as a student achievement measure
The National Progress Index is created from publicly available student results data (including NAPLAN) as well as assessment data provided by schools.
This variety of credible sources allows us to create a rigorous scaled score of between 0 to 1,000, which is directly compatible with NAPLAN and so provides unbroken longitudinal growth data for literacy and numeracy.
You can analyse and compare normative performance for your students against each other, wider classes and cohorts, and against both the state and nation, providing you with an accurate “big picture” understanding of their growth.
In-depth reporting on student achievements
Get the steady student progression data you need to make great decisions for your students.
Understand broad cohort progress at your school
Broadly analyse year-on-year cohort performance for reading, writing and numeracy, to see whether students are progressing accordingly.
Precisely analyse growth trends
Determine mean student growth from one year to the next. See exactly where students are clustered and the general spread of their performance.
Measure progress for specific classes
See how particular classes (regular, enrichment or support) are growing each year to inform placements and other improvements.
Frequently asked questions
Student data is hosted on our reporting portal, which you can access from any computer.
The data comes from our progress and placement tests, which are taken during non-NAPLAN years (Years 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10), as well as publicly available student results data and assessment data provided by schools.
Yes, data can be exported as a CSV file and opened using Microsoft Excel.
Results can be analysed across every level: individual students, specific classes and cohorts.
Get in touch and we’ll explain how the National Progress Index can help you with big picture (and small picture) analysis for your school.
