Year 7 to 12 Assessment Information

Access the latest Assessment Booklets for each year group below. These booklets outline key assessment tasks, due dates, and requirements to help students stay organised and prepared throughout the school year.

Formal assessments

We provide detailed information to students about what we expect from them throughout the year and how their work will be assessed. Students have a number of formal assessments throughout their schooling.

• National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN)open_in_new  – reading, writing, language conventions (spelling, punctuation and grammar) and numeracy tests for students in Years 7 and 9. The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) holds the tests in May each year. Results and student reports are released in August.
• Validation of Assessment for Learning and Individual Development (VALID)open_in_new  – online diagnostic science assessments for students in Year 8. Some schools also choose to sit the tests in Year 10.
• The  Record of School Achievement (RoSA)open_in_new  is awarded to eligible students who leave school before completing their Higher School Certificate. The RoSA records a student’s grades between the end of Year 10 and when they leave school.
• The  Higher School Certificate (HSC)open_in_new  is an internationally recognised qualification awarded to students who successfully complete Years 11 and 12 in NSW.
• Some students may apply for placement in a selective high school. For more information, visit  selective high schools and opportunity classesopen_in_new.