![]() Today is the first time parents can see their school’s result as well as updated data on its socio-educational profile. ![]() The national and state averages for the 2021 NAPLAN test were released last year and showed students performed well despite remote learning during the pandemic. " find out what these schools are doing and how good practice can be replicated." "Those that are achieving above expectation, in terms of progress on where their students were two years ago, taking into account their level of socio-economic advantage. " schools that are punching above their weight," Mr de Carvalho said. It is hoped this will increase the relevance of the NAPLAN test by promoting ideas on how to get the best out of students. Please consider the environment before printing this email.ACARA hopes the new comparison will highlight schools trialling new approaches and seeing improvements, rather than those maintaining an already high base. Subscribe to ACARA Update | Like us on Facebook | Follow us on Twitter | See our LinkedIn page Level 13 | Tower B | Centennial Plaza | 280 Elizabeth Street | Sydney | NSW 2000ĪCARA will improve the learning of all young Australians I would be happy to answer your queries regarding ACARA’s data access process, noting that the data on the Australian Schools List is unlikely to fully satisfy your request.Īustralian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority In light of the above, unless I hear from you to the contrary, I am treating your Freedom of Information request as being withdrawn. Strong arguments can be made that to provide you with published data in contravention of the Protocols would cause ACARA to breach s.7(1) of the ACARA Act, which would, or could reasonably be expected to, have a substantial adverse effect on the proper and efficient conduct of the operations of an agency (one of the conditional exemptions upheld by the Tribunal in the Diamond matter). In my view, the arguments that were accepted by the Tribunal in that case are also applicable in relation to your request. The document in that case was the My School database. I note that ACARA was successful in an FOI matter before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in Mark R Diamond and Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority AATA 707. For published data, applications are treated on a case by case basis. I advise that clauses 31 and 36 of the Protocols are relevant to your request. ![]() ![]() The data that you are requesting is published – “the 2015 NAPLAN results data for each of the schools contained in the My School database”.Ĥ. Under the Protocols, different considerations apply, depending on whether or not each data field is published.ģ. ACARA is bound to follow the directions of the Education Council: s.7(1) of the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority Act 2008 (Cth (ACARA Act).Ģ. These Protocols have been endorsed by the Education Council (comprising Australia’s nine education ministers). I note that the data on the Australian schools list can be downloaded in different formats.ġ.ğor the data fields that ACARA holds, ACARA provides access to the data requested by third parties under the Data Access Protocols – 2015 revision. The published data fields on this website comprise: school name, city, state, postcode, type and sector. This list will partially satisfy your request. I advise that ACARA publishes a list of schools at ( ). Whilst ACARA can process your request under the FOI Act, the outcome is unlikely to be favourable to you (for reasons discussed further below). I am treating your request as request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act). In your first email to ACARA, you included the words “Freedom of Information request - My School Data” in the subject line. In the email trail below, I have included both your emails to ACARA of 6 March 2017 and ACARA’s first response, also sent 6 March 2017. ACARA’s mission is to improve the learning of all young Australians through world-class school curriculum, assessment and reporting. ACARA is generally supportive of use of its data for research purposes. My name is Peter Matheson, Board Secretary, Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA).
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