Reporting

National data collection and reporting

ACARA is responsible for collecting, managing, analysing, evaluating and reporting statistical and related information about educational outcomes.

This includes the development of national key performance measures for reporting the performance of Australian schooling. ACARA has developed and Education Ministers have approved the Measurement Framework for Schooling in Australia 2010 which lists and defines these measures.

ACARA publishes the annual National Report on Schooling in Australia on behalf of the Standing Council on School Education and Early Childhood (SCSEEC), formerly the Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (MCEECDYA).

The National Report on Schooling in Australia 2009 is the first to report on progress towards the Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians and the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) National Education Agreement.

The report specifically addresses Education Ministers’ Commitment to Action in the eight interrelated areas identified in the Melbourne Declaration by summarising national initiatives and achievements in terms of these areas. It also reports on the nationally agreed key performance measures for student achievement, participation and attainment and provides statistics on school numbers, staffing, enrolments, attendance, student attainment and school funding.

The report is available in both HTML and PDF formats, with the Additional Statistics compendium as a separate PDF document. View previous reports on the MCEECDYA website.

ACARA is also responsible for collecting data from schools for the purpose of accountability and reporting, research and analysis, and resource allocation. Information on individual schools was published for the first time on the My School website on 28 January 2010.

My School version 2 was launched on 4 March 2011. The expanded and updated version of the site provides parents and the community with information about NAPLAN performance as well as information about school finances and school communities. To find out about My School version 2 click here.

ACARA also publishes the national reports for the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) and the National Assessment Program sample assessments. These reports can be viewed on the National Assessment Program website.