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Support for CSNSW and AIS
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Best Start Kindergarten Assessment
Administer and lodge assessment
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Select a student or check assessment completion status
Administer the assessment
Lodge the assessment
Post-assessment entry
Marking a student as absent
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Feedback summaries
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Parent feedback summary
Summary of student responses - for school use only
Updating school details for the parent feedback summary
Parent feedback summary template
Downloading zip files to iPad
Guides and offline forms
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Best Start Kindergarten Assessment administration guide
Request for large print and Braille materials
Recording student responses - Offline forms (DoE only)
Supplementary guide
Request to withdraw
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BSKA - Professional learning
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Professional learning
Student assessment analysis
Student assessment analysis
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Student assessment analysis
View PHON-SC School trends in Student assessment analysis
BSY7 now Transition to Year 7
BSY7 now Transition to Year 7
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About Best Start Year 7 / Transition to Year 7
BSY7 - Support for schools
PLAN2
Overview
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PLAN2 2023 - Overview of changes
PLAN2 transition to V3 progressions
Overview (NLNLP v3 Demo and Early Adopters)
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PLAN2 for Demo and Early Adopters
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Y1 Phonics screening check for Early Adopters
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Phonological awareness (NLNLP v3 Demo and Early Adopters)
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Phonics diagnostic assessment (NLNLP v3 Demo and Early Adopters)
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IfSR-NP (NLNLP v3 Demo and Early Adopters)
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IfSR-AT (NLNLP v3 Demo and Early Adopters)
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Observe
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Class observations
Analyse
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Class observation analysis
Cohort snapshot
Indicator progress analysis (BETA)
Plan
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Create an Area of Focus
Edit an Area of Focus
Create an Areas of focus template
Edit an Areas of focus template
Delete an existing Area of focus
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Admin
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Manage student groups
COVID intensive learning support program
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Access and use PLAN2 as a CILSP additional educator
Create and manage student groups for COVID intensive learning support program
Create and manage Areas of focus for COVID intensive learning support program groups
Mark a COVID intensive learning support program group as inactive / active
Observation statuses
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Learn more about the new observations statuses
Observation sources
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Selecting an observation source
How PLAN2 supports the viewing of DoE assessment observations
English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D)
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EAL/D Literacy and Numeracy
EAL/D Learning progression phases in PLAN2
Supporting the literacy and numeracy development of a Beginning limited literacy background phase EAL/D learner
Supporting the literacy and numeracy development of an Emerging phase EAL/D learner
Supporting the literacy and numeracy development of a Beginning some print literacy phase EAL/D learner
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Support
FAQs
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I am a new / relieving principal but I can't access AMU
I have access to AMU but can't see the ALAN application
Some staff members do not appear in my AMU list
What type of ALAN access should I give staff in AMU?
How can I make a technical support request?
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Support for DoE, CSNSW and AIS schools
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ALAN for CSNSW
Support for Catholic schools
Support for DoE schools
Support for Schools for Specific Purposes (SSPs) (DoE schools)
Support for Independent schools
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Professional learning
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Professional learning (literacy and numeracy)
Resources
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National Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions
Devices
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Administration
Managing student records
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Batch upload: Adding new students to ALAN (non-DoE schools only)
Add, edit or delete individual student records in staging facility (non-DoE schools only)
Student rollover (non-DoE schools)
Editing a student's details in ALAN Production (non-DoE schools only)
Deleting a student record from a school in ALAN Production (non-DoE schools only)
Managing staff access
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DoE - Managing staff access in AMU
Revoking staff access
How do I add casual staff to my AMU staff list?
Managing groups and classes
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Create roll class in ALAN Administration (for AIS and CSNSW schools only)
Adding and removing students from a roll class (for AIS and CSNSW schools only)
Manage student groups in ALAN Administration
Phonics Screening Check
About
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Year 1 Phonics Screening Check
Phonics screening check score range indicators
Accessing analysis from Year 1 Phonics Screening Check
Administering the phonics check using the online tool
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Accessing the Phonics Screening Check online tool
View PHON-SC student assessment information at a glance
Administer and lodge the PHON-SC assessment
Withdraw a PHON-SC student
Download the PHON-SC Student assessment analysis
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Passport for learning
Student change report for Bloom assessments
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Student change report for Bloom assessments
View and enter student observations for Posters and Bloom assessment
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View and enter student observations for Bloom assessment
View and enter student observations for Poster assessment
Manage student groups in Posters and Bloom assessment
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Manage student groups in Posters and Bloom assessment
Posters and Bloom assessment
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Privacy statement for Passport for learning app
Troubleshooting Passport for learning
Passport for learning - Bloom Red-Green updates for 2024
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Passport for learning - Bloom Red-Green updates for 2024
Literacy and Numeracy Precursors
View and enter student observations in the Literacy and Numeracy (L&N) Precursors app
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View and enter student observations in the Literacy and Numeracy (L&N) Precursors app
Manage student groups in the Literacy and Numeracy (L&N) Precursors app
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Manage student groups in the Literacy and Numeracy (L&N) Precursors app
Privacy statement for Literacy and Numeracy (L&N) Precursors app
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Privacy statement for Literacy and Numeracy (L&N) Precursors app
Precursor indicator updates for 2024
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Precursor indicator updates for 2024
Interview for student reasoning (IfSR)
Administering IfSR-PT
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How to access IfSR-PT online tool
How to view student information
How to administer the IfSR-PT assessment using the online tool
How to lodge the IfSR-PT assessment
How to download the IfSR-PT Student assessment analysis
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Administering IfSR-MT
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How to access IfSR-MT online tool
How to view IfSR-MT student information
How to administer the IfSR-MT assessment using the online tool
How to lodge the IfSR-MT assessment
How to download the IfSR-MT Student assessment analysis
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Administering IfSR-NP
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How to access IfSR-NP online tool
How to view IfSR-NP student information
How to administer the IfSR-NP assessment using the online tool
How to lodge the IfSR-NP assessment
How to download the IfSR-NP Student assessment analysis
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Administering IfSR-AT
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How to access IfSR-AT online tool
How to view IfSR-AT student information
How to administer the IfSR-AT assessment using the online tool
How to lodge the IfSR-AT assessment
How to download the IfSR-AT Student assessment analysis
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Phonological awareness diagnostic assessment
About
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Phonological awareness diagnostic assessment
Administering the assessment using the online tool
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Access the Phonological awareness diagnostic online tool
View PHAW student assessment information
Administer the PHAW assessment
Lodge the PHAW assessment
Download the PHAW Student assessment analysis
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Phonics diagnostic assessment
Phonics diagnostic assessment
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About Phonics diagnostic assessment
Access the Phonics diagnostic assessment tool
View PHON-DA student information
Administer and lodge the PHON-DA assessment
Download the PHON-DA Student assessment analysis and Class summary analysis
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About
About ALAN
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What is ALAN?
Adding ALAN as a tile on your staff portal
Using ALAN
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What's new in ALAN
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What's new: July 2023
What's new: August 2023
What's new: October 2023
What's new: January 2024
What's new: March 2024
Privacy Statement
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Privacy statement
Terms and Conditions
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Online assessments
Online assessments
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