Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority

National Report on Schooling in Australia 2009
National policy context
National initiatives and achievements
Partnerships
Teaching and leadership
Early childhood education
Middle years development
Senior years and transitions
Curriculum and assessment
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and disadvantaged youth
Accountability and transparency
Other initiatives (BER)
Schools and schooling
Student engagement
Student achievement
Senior schooling and youth transitions
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education
Funding Australia’s schools
Additional Statistics
Glossary
My School website
Upcoming My School updates
Measurement Framework for Schooling

National Report on Schooling in Australia 2009

Part 2

National initiatives and achievements

Overview

This section outlines the key national strategies designed to address the Commitment to Action in the Melbourne Declaration and identified in the MCEETYA four-year plan 2009–2012¹, together with initiatives for education agreed by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG), in particular through the National Education Agreement. It also reports on the implementation of these initiatives in 2009. National initiatives are defined as those in which States, Territories and the Australian Government are working together, at a national level, to progress their joint commitments.
 
Jurisdictions are also committed to progressing work towards the national goals and COAG targets on an individual basis. Information on the implementation of programs within jurisdictions is available on State and Territory education authority websites.

 

 

¹ The Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (MCEECDYA) replaced the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA) in July 2009.