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Reporting and comparing school performances

Geoffrey Masters, ACER
John Ainley, ACER
Siek Toon Khoo, ACER
Glenn Rowley, ACER

Abstract

This report provides advice on the collection and reporting of information about the performances of Australian schools. The focus is on the collection of nationally comparable data. Two purposes are envisaged: use by education authorities and governments to monitor school performances and, in particular, to identify schools that are performing unusually well or unusually poorly given their circumstances; and use by parents/caregivers and the public to make informed judgements about, and meaningful comparisons of, schools and their offerings.