"But the My School numbers do not - by any stretch of the imagination - add up to create the whole story of a school community.For the attention of the School Maintenance Officer / School Business Manager I am writing to confirm that Peak Surveys Ltd have been appointed as the approved company to produce a statutory Display Energy Certificate for your school for 2022/2023. "The My School website presents a wealth of data about schools and how their students perform in NAPLAN tests," said Ms Spiller, the principal of St Aidan's Anglican Girls' School in Brisbane. The National Chair of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia, Karen Spiller, urged parents to look beyond NAPLAN averages when evaluating and choosing schools for their children.
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Imagine what could be be possible with the full six years of Gonski funding." "Extra resources are leading to improved outcomes for our students in a relatively short space of time. "However we are seeing just how effective investing in our schools can be to close achievement gaps for students who come from disadvantaged backgrounds. "I think it's very important that NAPLAN testing is seen as a snapshot test of a student's progress at a point in time," AEU Federal President Correna Haythorpe said. The Federal Government is not planning to continue Gonski funding after the end of 2017. The Australian Education Union attributed many of the gains seen in schools - many of which cater for disadvantaged students - to increased funding distributed under the Gonski reforms. The CEO of ACARA, Robert Randall, urged parents to closely examine how their school was performing over time on the area of the website that tracks gains in performance, and compares that progress to other similar schools.Īs well as reporting NAPLAN data, the My School website also provides school profile and population data, and school financial information, including capital expenditure and sources of funding.
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The release of the data follows an earlier update on NAPLAN scores from the Australian Curriculum and Reporting Authority (ACARA) nationally, which showed that schools' improvements had plateaued in key learning areas. The tests are conducted in years three, five, seven and nine. The data also allows parents to track how their child's school has performed over time. The website allows parents to compare how their child's school performed in NAPLAN tests compared with other schools that educate children of similar socio-economic status.
The annual testing is designed to help governments and schools gauge whether students are meeting key educational outcomes.Students cannot pass or fail the assessment.The National Assessment Program tests the literacy and numeracy skills of students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9.Parents are being urged to track how their child's classmates' literacy and numeracy scores have changed over time and question teachers about the results.
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