National Report on Schooling in Australia 2019 released
16 June 2021
The National Report on Schooling in Australia for 2019 has been released today along with new data views, showing for the first time, longer-term trends and new presentations of data.
The report includes a summary of nationally agreed policy initiatives and a report on national key performance measures.
For the first time, longer-term trends in progress against key performance measures are included in the report. The National Report on Schooling data portal has been updated with new presentations of data on schools and schooling to reflect the availability of this trend data.
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NAPLAN starts on Tuesday 11 May
10 May 2021
The annual NAPLAN assessment begins tomorrow, with over a million students set to take the test across Australia.
The data from this year’s NAPLAN assessment is going to be particularly important as it is the first test to take place in two years – NAPLAN was not conducted in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Freedom of speech and assembly remain in the draft Australian Curriculum
03 May 2021
ACARA CEO, David de Carvalho
On Monday 3 May, The Daily Telegraph published a story in which it claimed that “the proposed curriculum would replace teaching about the rights to free speech, assembly and religious belief with language encouraging activism and 'direct action'."
This statement is not true.
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