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NAPLAN Results 2026: Is Screen Time to Blame? | 55
The 2026 NAPLAN results showed one in three Australian students below the literacy and numeracy benchmarks, and the conversation quickly turned to screens. Brett Campbell and Ellen Brown unpack the results, the digital detox debate, AI in education, and how homeschooling families decide how much learning happens on a device.
The 2026 NAPLAN results showed one in three Australian students below the literacy and numeracy benchmarks. This quickly turned the conversation to screens. A petition for device-free primary schools gathered more than 25,000 signatures in two weeks, and the Federal Education Minister said Australian kids may need a digital detox.
In this episode, Brett Campbell and Ellen Brown unpack the results and the digital detox debate that has arisen from them. The research so far stops short of linking classroom screens to the NAPLAN decline, and they agree that what a child does on a screen matters more than time spent on devices.
They also cover AI in education, the screen habits children build outside school hours, and how homeschooling families decide how much of the learning day happens on a device.
Key discussion points
One in three students are below the benchmarks in literacy and numeracy. Reading slipped in Grades 5, 7 and 9. Numeracy improved slightly in those grades.
Research to date has found no direct link between classroom screens and the NAPLAN decline. The wider evidence is mixed.
Ellen would like NAPLAN back on paper while the technology catches up, so the results can be trusted. Brett questions how long pen and paper will stay relevant, given how rarely adults use them.
Children need digital literacy skills, and they build them on a screen. Researching, creating documents and using online tools prepare children for work. Entertainment and passive scrolling do very little to build digital literacy.
What happens on devices between 3 pm and 9 am sits outside a school's control. Brett sees those hours as where parents have the most influence, including through the habits they model.
Ellen sees AI as a tool children need to understand, so they can recognise it and use it well.
Homeschooling lets parents set the screen balance. In a Euka lesson, children read on screen with a read-aloud option, do a hands-on activity offline, such as testing a chemical reaction in the kitchen, and answer the Apply questions online or on a printed activity sheet.
What did the 2026 NAPLAN results show?
ACARA tested about 1.2 million students in Grades 3, 5, 7 and 9. As ABC News reported, one in three sat below the literacy and numeracy benchmarks, unchanged from the previous year, and one in ten need additional support to catch up.
Reading went backwards in Grades 5, 7 and 9, with students in the strong or exceeding bands falling from 68.2% to 66.3%, according to The Guardian. Numeracy improved slightly in Grades 5, 7 and 9, with 29,000 more students in the exceeding category than in 2023. Grade 3 students recorded their lowest numeracy scores since the current reporting scale began in 2023.
Ellen notes that negative movement tends to make the news, and the numeracy gains received far less coverage. When reading education news, she suggests pausing to look closely at what the numbers say before reacting.
Are screens to blame for falling NAPLAN results?
No evidence currently directly ties computer use or screen time to the NAPLAN decline. The wider research is mixed.
Paper supports reading comprehension. A meta-analysis of 54 studies found readers understood informational texts better on paper than on screen.
More screen time was linked to better cognitive processing. An eight-year Finnish study found children with more screen time showed better cognitive processing as teenagers.
How often technology is used matters. The OECD found students who used computers moderately at school outperformed those who rarely used them, while very frequent users did worse.
Classroom behaviour is part of the picture too. In the latest PISA results, 41 per cent of Australian students reported noise and disorder in their classrooms, against an OECD average of 31 per cent.
Can banning screens quickly fix literacy results?
Brett describes what he calls the pendulum effect. When a problem makes headlines, the pressure to be seen doing something can swing policy from one extreme to the other. He sees literacy as a problem that takes years to shift, with several causes to look at.
Are Australian schools banning devices?
The petition, run by the Heads Up Alliance, reached 25,000 signatures in its first two weeks and had over 30,000 at the time of publishing. It asks for device-free primary schools, including homework, handwriting restored as a core priority, an end to routine one-to-one laptops in high school, EdTech independently proven before use, and no generative AI in school learning.
Federal Education Minister Jason Clare wrote that "when I was a kid there was a computer room at school. Now they are everywhere," adding that "there is a good argument our kids need a digital detox," as The Guardian reported. The same report notes Castlemaine Secondary College in regional Victoria has scrapped bring-your-own-device for Grade 7, with 98 per cent parent support.
From 2027, Victorian government schools will phase out bring-your-own-device in primary and cap device use at 90 minutes a day for Grades 3 to 6. In WA, Hale School has moved homework back to pen and paper, and Presbyterian Ladies' College now keeps iPads at school for Grades 1 to 6.
Should NAPLAN go back to pen and paper?
NSW Education Minister Prue Car has said pen and paper may be a good way forward for NAPLAN. Ellen agrees, and her reasoning is about the data.
NAPLAN was fully digitised in 2022, except for Grade 3 writing and some students with special needs, and a technical glitch on the first day of this year's testing raised concerns about the data's accuracy. Ellen describes schools where students lost their connection partway through a test. If governments are going to make big changes based on these results, she says, the results need to be right, and a paper test would give a like-for-like comparison with earlier years.
She adds that writing by hand slows a child down in a way that helps them think through an answer.
Brett offers another perspective. Adults rarely write by hand anymore, and technology is moving quickly. He suggests the test could keep moving forward with better technology, such as built-in screen breaks, with only some parts, like writing a story, done on paper.
Ellen adds that most students already spend much of the school day with textbooks, pens and paper, and many are getting too little digital literacy teaching. That fits ACARA testing showing Australian students' digital literacy is declining.
How much screen time is too much for children?
For Ellen, the answer depends on what a child is doing on the screen. Using technology to research, build a spreadsheet, save and organise files or create a digital product builds skills children will need for work and for their future. An hour of scrolling or entertainment is very different.
She also notes that growing up surrounded by technology is a separate thing from being technologically literate. Her approach is to decide which digital skills children need, set aside deliberate time to build them, and limit screen time for entertainment.
If schools leave those skills out, Ellen says, parents can't be expected to fill the gap at home. She is concerned that if children aren't taught those skills, they won't be prepared or know how to use computers when they graduate. She compares it to her own generation leaving school wishing they had learned about tax and money.
"Not all screen time is equal, so use screen time for learning. Let's take what's useful. But if you want a digital detox on that passive consumption of digital tools, then I think go right ahead. That would be a fantastic idea." — Ellen Brown
How can parents encourage healthy screen habits at home?
Brett points out that the hours between leaving school and arriving the next morning sit outside anything a school decides.
"A lot of parents don't really like me saying this, but I say it anyway. Parents must take personal responsibility for what's happening to their child from a device perspective, from 3 pm to 9 am." — Brett Campbell
Modelling matters too. A child who sees a parent reach for their phone every time they stand up is likely to adopt the same habit. Brett also encourages parents to check what their children are watching and ask themselves whether it is making them smarter.
Episode 29 looks at the under-16 social media ban.
A simple digital detox challenge for families
Brett closes with a challenge for parents and students. Pick a two-hour window when you would normally be on your phone, outside learning time, and put it away. Bedtime works well.
For bonus points, leave the phone in the kitchen overnight and notice how you feel. He suggests it is a useful way to understand what a digital detox asks of a child.
Should children use AI for learning?
New York City has introduced a one-year ban on student-facing AI tools from Pre-K through Grade 8, and the petition here in Australia calls for no generative AI in school learning at all.
Ellen sees AI as another tool for learning. Children are moving into a world where AI is part of almost everything, she says, often without people realising it.
"Knowledge is power, and it's important for kids to understand what AI is and how to use it well, otherwise they'll be a victim to it." — Ellen Brown
Does homeschooling require a lot of screen time?
Ellen walks through how a Euka lesson works. Children read the lesson on screen, with a read-aloud option for those who need reading support. Then comes the practical part, done away from the device. A child who has read about chemical reactions might try one in the kitchen.
In the Apply section, children use what they have learned. They can work online with self-marking questions that give instant feedback, or download the activity sheet and complete it on paper.
Parents decide the balance. Some children read the lesson and log off; others do more online. Ellen's point is that parents can decide and learning can be tailored to each child.
Why this episode matters
This episode separates two conversations that have become tangled: what the NAPLAN results show, and how children use screens.
For families, a useful question is how a child spends their screen time and who decides. Homeschooling puts that decision with parents.
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About 1.2 million students in Grades 3, 5, 7 and 9 were tested, and one in three sat below the literacy and numeracy benchmarks. Reading fell in Grades 5, 7 and 9. Numeracy improved slightly in those grades, while Grade 3 numeracy was the lowest since 2023.
Research to date has found no direct link between classroom screens and the decline. The wider evidence is mixed, and other factors are part of the picture, including classroom disruption.
Ellen's reason is accuracy. NAPLAN has been almost fully online since 2022, a technical glitch disrupted the first day of this year's testing, and some students lost their connection mid-test. A paper test would allow a fair comparison with earlier years before governments make big decisions based on the results.
The Heads Up Alliance petition asks for device-free primary schools including homework, handwriting restored as a core priority, an end to routine one-to-one laptops in high school, EdTech independently proven before use, and no generative AI in school learning.
It depends on what a child is doing. Ellen sees researching, creating and using online tools as valuable time that builds digital skills children need. Passive scrolling and entertainment are where she sees the case for a digital detox.
Ellen sees AI as a tool children need to understand, so they can recognise it and use it well.
With Euka, yes. Children read the lesson on screen, then complete a practical activity away from the device. For the Apply section, they can answer online for instant feedback or download the activity sheet and work on paper. Parents decide the balance.
Brett suggests starting small. Choose a two-hour window when you would normally use your phone (bedtime is a good one) and go without it. For an extra step, leave your phone in the kitchen overnight.
About the hosts
Brett Campbell is Euka's co-founder and CEO. Ellen Brown is Euka's co-founder and Head of Education. She is a qualified teacher, a mother of five, and has homeschooled for 12 years.
Future Learners is the podcast for parents and students learning to thrive with homeschooling in Australia.
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