The tests are designed to measure students' literacy and numeracy skills in years three, five, seven and nine.

The NAPLAN test has come under scrutiny from education unions, who said the test was unnecessary stress on students and teachers.

Horsham mother, Yolande Grosser, has three daughters who have taken the tests and said she had come to terms with its benefits.

"I used to be annoyed that every second year my girls had to spend so much time at school practicing the skills needed to score well on one set of tests," she said.

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"Now I think of NAPLAN as just another measurement tool for parents and schools to track student progress, and a good experience for students learning to perform under exam conditions."

The NAPLAN tests take 40 to 60 minutes to complete and will run until Thursday.

Holy Trinity Lutheran college Principal Daniel Weller said he was aware of some of the test issues but said the results were placed among many other tests to determine students' progress at the school.

"For us at the school, we look at NAPLAN as one form of assessment that we conduct at one particular form of time," he said.

"Testing is an ongoing process where we see where students sit and put the right supports in place to help the students thrive.

"Our teachers use a range of different methods in assessing a child and NAPLAN is one of those. We hope that using those different methods can help to see the areas where students need support and areas where students flourish."

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Mr Weller said the data provided from NAPLAN was also valuable for providing the school with a way to assess its curriculum.

"We look at NAPLAN and the data to help us with the teaching, learning and programs," he said.

"It provides us an opportunity to review our programs, and that is important."

In 2020, NAPLAN testing was delayed until 2021, following an independent review into the feasibility of moving the tests entirely online.

This followed a national review into the test in 2019, which found students had experienced disruptions due to connectivity issues.

Australian Education Union federal president Correna Haythorpe said the test was not fit for purpose and joined calls to scrap the test altogether.

"NAPLAN does not effectively measure a student's learning outcomes or correctly identify where teachers should focus to improve student performance," she said.

"What NAPLAN does is increase students' stress and anxiety, cut into precious teaching time and add to teachers' already overburdened workloads."

Mr Weller said the stress he noted from the test was minimal.

"We try not to make it too stressful for our students and parents as well. The test is there to provide support and if we feel students aren't going to be supported we will look at something else," he said.

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