NAPLAN Testing Halted by Online Glitches

0:00Hey, it's Cory with Adelaide News today. Your city, your news, every day. Naplan testing has hit a snack for more than 1.3 million Australian students in years, 3, 5, 7, and 9. The annual checks on basic reading, writing, and math skills were set to kick off today, but online glitches forced a nationwide pause. Schools got word from the Australian Curriculum Assessment and reporting authority to hold off on the digital tests. The main problem is students can't log into the platform, and the tech team at Education Services Australia is working flat out to fix it. This affects most kids taking the computer-based version, causing headaches for teachers and principals nationwide. Any plan has been a key snapshot of student progress for years, so any delay ripples through classrooms everywhere. Officials in Victoria say testing should resume tomorrow once the login issues clear up. Year 3 students using paper tests can go ahead as planned without interruption. The authority promises a quick resolution, but for now, families and schools are in

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