Unbroken year-on-year student progress data.

The National Progress Index (NPI) is a performance scale that is compatible with NAPLAN, providing you with continuous year-on-year growth data for students’ literacy and numeracy skills. It makes NAPLAN data much more useful for schools.

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

Understand growth trends for individual students, classes, cohorts and the entire school, to make informed program changes.

Avoid over testing for foundational skills

Get the unbroken literacy and numeracy results you need from just one additional test, set during non-NAPLAN years.

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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

How do I access the data?

Student data is hosted on our reporting portal, which you can access from any computer.

Where does the literacy and numeracy growth data come from?

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.

Can I export results data to Excel?

Yes, data can be exported as a CSV file and opened using Microsoft Excel.

Can we see results for groups, such as specific classes?

Results can be analysed across every level: individual students, specific classes and cohorts.

Start learning your students’ year-on-year progress

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.