NAPLAN Testing SymposiumA National Literacy and Numeracy Assessment Program (NAPLAN) is a program established in 2008 to assess all Australian students in years 3, 5 and 7. and 9. The abilities assessed during this test are the student's reading and writing skills as well as their calculation skills (Davies, 2012). However, NAPLAN tests are flawed due to the unequal treatment of disabled and Indigenous students. Furthermore, due to the negative impact this creates on teachers and students due to the pressure on performance.NAPLAN's relationship with students with disabilities and learning difficultiesNaplan tests are conducted annually in may. These tests are designed to assess students' rudimentary skills to determine where each student may be graded in relation to their peers across Australia. Therefore, allowing the Ministry of Education to use the data collected to create a national standard. According to (S. Bartle, personal communication, 30, 2014), as NAPLAN tests approach, it causes stress and anxiety among its students due to the fear of failure and the possibility of not being able to measure yourself against a preconceived idea of ​​a standard. In a study on NAPLAN tests carried out by Davies (2012) in which he explored the relationship between disabled students and their opportunities in NAPLAN tests. He also noted a similar occurrence of stress and failure among the said students. However, it also found that teachers discourage disabled and less able pupils from taking NAPLAN tests. One of the reasons why the decision is made is to avoid students obtaining below average results, which in turn would be published online and the effects of which could harm the reputation of the school... ... middle of newspaper ...... then be tested on them in NAPLAN if Australia had a national program. References Carter, M. (2012). Time limits in NAPLAN calculations tests. Australian Professor of Mathematics, the,68(1), 36-40.Davies, M. (2012). Accessibility to NAPLAN assessments for students with disabilities: a 'good start', Australasian Journal of Special Education, 36(1), 62-78. doi: 10. 1017/jse12.7 Ford, M. (2013). Australia's achievement gaps: What NAPLAN reveals about education inequality in Australia. Race, Ethnicity and Education, 16(1), 80-102. doi: 10. 1080/13613324.2011.645570 Thompson, G. and Cook, I. (2013). The logics of good teaching in an audit culture: a Deleuzian analysis. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 45(3), 243-258. do I: 10.1080/00131857.2012.732010