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Start with your child’s year: Choose Year 3, 5, 7 or 9, then open Numeracy, Reading, Writing or Conventions of Language.
Choose free NAPLAN practice tests for Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. Each year includes Numeracy, Reading, Writing and Conventions of Language, with three complete practice sets in every domain.
Start with your child’s year and choose one domain. The domain page lists every question paper, answer file, magazine, response booklet, exemplar or marking guide included with each test.
These are original Ezy Math practice materials, not official ACARA papers. The downloads are free and do not require an email address.
Choose your child’s NAPLAN year
Each year card links directly to all four NAPLAN domains. Choose the year first, then open the domain your child will practise.
What comes with each practice test?
The complete test
A full original NAPLAN-style attempt for the exact year and domain, prepared for practical familiarisation and review.
Answers and explanations
An answer key for checking plus explanations that reveal the method, evidence or language principle behind the answer.
Files for the domain
Reading includes a magazine. Writing includes response pages and exemplars. Numeracy includes worked solutions. Conventions of Language includes answers and explanations.
Clear download choices
Every test card names each PDF and its page count, so you can print only the files needed for that attempt or review.
Keep answer keys, worked solutions and exemplars closed until the attempt is finished. They are most useful when your child can compare their own thinking with the explanation.
The illustrations, skill maps and worked examples help you understand the domain. They also give you practical language for discussing a repeated strength or problem.
How to use Practice Tests 1, 2 and 3
Practice Test 1
Use the first test to see what your child can do independently. Mark confident, uncertain and unfinished questions for the review.
Practice Test 2
Open the second test after focused teaching and practice. Check whether the chosen skill and checking habit have improved.
Practice Test 3
Keep the third test unseen for a later check. Use it when your child is ready to apply the improvement without reminders.
Leave time for teaching and ordinary schoolwork between complete tests. Completing three papers quickly shows repetition, but it does not teach a missing skill.
Keep a short note about the type of problem. Useful categories include misunderstood instructions, missing knowledge, inefficient method, unsupported inference, paragraph control, punctuation, checking and time use.
What is NAPLAN?
NAPLAN is the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy. Students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 complete assessments in Reading, Writing, Conventions of Language and Numeracy. The domains form one national assessment program, even though families may need separate resources for each part.
NAPLAN provides a point-in-time view of selected literacy and numeracy skills. It is one source of information. It should be considered with classroom work, teacher feedback and the student’s broader learning rather than treated as a complete judgement of a child or school.
The official 2027 test window is 10 to 22 March 2027. Dates and delivery details can change, so check the official key-dates page when you are planning for your child.
What do the four domains assess?
Numeracy
NAPLAN Numeracy draws on number and algebra, measurement and geometry, and statistics and probability. These practice tests help your child recognise the mathematics, choose a method, show enough working to understand an error, and check whether the answer is reasonable.
Across the four NAPLAN years: Year 3 | Year 5 | Year 7 | Year 9
Reading
NAPLAN Reading asks students to understand and interpret a range of written and visual texts. These practice tests encourage your child to return to the text, locate evidence, connect ideas, interpret vocabulary in context and separate stated information from an inference.
Across the four NAPLAN years: Year 3 | Year 5 | Year 7 | Year 9
Writing
NAPLAN Writing asks students to create a response to a prompt. The prompt may call for narrative or persuasive writing. These practice tests help your child develop ideas, organise paragraphs, control sentences, choose vocabulary and leave time to revise.
Across the four NAPLAN years: Year 3 | Year 5 | Year 7 | Year 9
Conventions of Language
NAPLAN Conventions of Language covers spelling, grammar and punctuation. These skills are assessed in context. A useful review helps your child explain why a spelling pattern, word form, sentence structure or punctuation choice works in that sentence.
Across the four NAPLAN years: Year 3 | Year 5 | Year 7 | Year 9
How to read the 2026 national snapshot
ACARA reset the NAPLAN measurement scales and time series in 2023, so achievement from 2023 onwards should not be compared directly with results before 2023. The chart on this page uses one clearly defined measure: the percentage at Strong or Exceeding, averaged across the five areas ACARA reports nationally.
ACARA reports Spelling and Grammar and Punctuation separately, while the test pathway and this website group them under Conventions of Language. The year charts therefore keep both reporting areas visible instead of manufacturing a combined percentage.
ACARA advises caution when interpreting 2026 writing results for Years 5, 7 and 9 because a technical issue affected many students on 11/03/26. ACARA also reports that the national writing results were minimally impacted and can validly be reported.
These statistics show the national picture. They cannot predict an individual child’s result or prove that a practice pack improves scores. Your child’s own work is the useful place to look for the next step.
Practice tests, past papers and the public demonstration site
Original Ezy Math practice tests, old official past papers and the NAPLAN past-papers archive serve different purposes. Old papers can show historical question material, but test delivery and assessment settings have changed. They should not be presented as an exact picture of the current online experience.
Use the official public demonstration site to learn how the online environment and question types work. Use the Ezy Math packs when your child is ready for a complete attempt followed by answers and explanations.
A parent-friendly way to discuss the result
Begin with what the student found straightforward and what felt uncertain. Ask which question required the most thinking and which answer the student would change after seeing the explanation. This produces more useful information than asking only for the score.
Choose one or two next actions. A Year 3 child may need help understanding a question instruction. A Year 7 student may need a better non-calculator method. A Year 9 writer may need to revise paragraph purpose. The action should match the evidence rather than a general demand to work harder.
If a repeated gap needs direct teaching, use the page’s skill map and examples to explain the issue to the classroom teacher or tutor. The free resource should remain useful whether or not the family later chooses tutoring.
Common questions
Are the Ezy Math practice tests official NAPLAN papers?
No. They are original NAPLAN-style practice resources created for familiarisation and learning. Official information and the public demonstration environment are provided by NAP and ACARA.
Should we complete all three tests in one week?
Usually not. Practice Test 1 is most useful as a starting point. Review and targeted learning should happen before Practice Test 2. Keeping Practice Test 3 fresh provides a later independent check.
Can a practice score be converted into an official NAPLAN score?
No direct conversion is available. Online NAPLAN scoring uses more than a simple raw total. Use the practice result to identify skills and habits for the next learning step.
What should we do when an answer is wrong?
Ask what the student thought the question required, compare that thinking with the explanation, identify the skill or process involved, and choose one useful follow-up action. Copying the correct answer is not a complete review.
Official information used for this guide
NAPLAN formats, dates, proficiency descriptions and results were checked against these primary sources on 22/08/26. Use the links below to check the latest official details.
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