WHILE 220,000 students across Queensland prepare to sit the NAPLAN test over the next three days some well-known characters of Warwick have put their hands up to try out the exam for themselves.

The National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy, an annual assessment for students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9 was given a quick go-over by the likes of Rose City marketing manager Louise de Lissa, Father Franco Filipetto, real estate agent Yve Stocks, president of the Chamber of Commerce Bruce Partridge and Deputy Mayor Ross Bartley.

"It definitely made you think about your punctuation and spelling," Cr Bartley said after he was tested on year 5 level literacy.

"When I was in school for homework you had to literally pull apart sentences until you did it automatically".

Lucky for Cr Bartley his years of doing homework had clearly paid off as he received 100% on his test, like all those examined.

"It's definitely a year 5 level, I would say watch out for the punctuation, people tend to forget about it and assume everyone knows what they mean," he said.

"Good luck to Warwick students, I think they will do alright".

NAPLAN tests, which were introduced in 2008, are said to boost skills that are essential for every child to progress through school and life, such as reading, writing, spelling and numeracy.

Queensland Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek offered his best wishes and encouragement to students across the state who will be sitting this year's tests.

"For the Queensland student in years 3, 5, 7 and 9 sitting the NAPLAN tests over the next few days, I wish them every success," he said.

"Queensland student performance in NAPLAN continues to improve and I am confident the positive trend will continue in 2014."

Mr Langbroek said information from the tests would be used to identify student strengths, as well as areas requiring development.