My school website
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:53 pm
Just joined this to check out Hatch's college.The third version of the MySchool website has gone live, providing information about staffing, resources and student performance for almost 10,000 Australian schools.
The website has been updated to include four years of performance data from the National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests, showing students' progress over time and allowing schools to compare their progress against that of other schools since 2008.
There is also a new page reporting student participation in Vocational Education and Training courses while at school.
"The initial release of the website in January 2010 provoked much discussion on the validity and utility of the data it contained and the way in which those data were presented," the chairman of the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, Professor Barry McGaw, said.
"It has been interesting to see the shift in the discussion since then. Analysts and press correspondents are much less likely now to challenge the data than to use them to clarify their thinking and support their arguments."
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/myschool ... z1nFgWkP7I
