'It just gets worse': NAPLAN wait stressing out year 9 students

By Pallavi Singhal
Updated September 12 2017 - 9:53am, first published August 19 2017 - 12:32pm
Isabelle Mavlian (14 years) and Benjamin Mavlian in the front garden of their Lugarno home, on August 17, 2017. They are both in year 9 and will be getting their NPLAN results this week. Year 9 students will find out wheather they got band 8s in three subjects and whether they??????ll have to sit additional online tests to get their HSC, as the first year to fall under the governments new policy. Photo: Jessica Hromas. Story: Pallavi Singhal.
Isabelle Mavlian (14 years) and Benjamin Mavlian in the front garden of their Lugarno home, on August 17, 2017. They are both in year 9 and will be getting their NPLAN results this week. Year 9 students will find out wheather they got band 8s in three subjects and whether they??????ll have to sit additional online tests to get their HSC, as the first year to fall under the governments new policy. Photo: Jessica Hromas. Story: Pallavi Singhal.

Despite getting band 8s in two of his year 9 NAPLAN exams and sitting above the national and NSW average, Owen said he is "annoyed" by his results. Most students across the state got theirs back this week.

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