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Media Releases - 2002

Government Introduces Stronger Public Reporting on Student and School Performance

9 October 2002

From the Minister for Education and Training

Parents and the Victorian public will have access to a wider range of information on student and school performance, under new reporting measures to be introduced by the Bracks Government.

Education and Training Minister Lynne Kosky today announced the new measures as part of a broader Government statement on reporting and accountability, to be released later this week.

"A new and improved reporting and accountability system is being implemented to better inform parents and the public, with more information about student and school performance," Ms Kosky said.

As part of broader reporting to parents and the public the Government will:

• Mandate Year 7 testing : From 2003 the Achievement Improvement Monitor (AIM) testing for literacy and numeracy will be expanded to include Year 7;
• Provide student results against national benchmarks : Parents of Year 3, 5, and 7 Victorian students will be provided with their child's literacy and numeracy performance assessed against national benchmarks from the beginning of 2003;
• Retain the General Achievement Test : The GAT will be retained as a mean of moderating VCE scores;
• Replace the VCE Achievement Index with a broader range of data which will be made available for students and parents (see attachment);
• Publish a transition profile on post Year 12 student pathways in May each year, commencing 2003.

Ms Kosky said the reporting measures heralded a new era of informing Victorians about education.

"In expanding the AIM testing to Year 7 and comparing the results against national benchmarks, parents will now be fully informed how their child is performing against both statewide and national benchmarks," Ms Kosky said.

The VCE achievement index, previously published at the end of next year, will be replaced with a broader range of achievement measures including: the percentage of satisfactory VCE completions by school; the median VCE study score and the percentage of successful Year 12 vocational education and training subjects completed.

Ms Kosky said a new transition profile would be created and published in May, detailing the destinations and placements of students after Year 12.

"VCE and university are not the only measures of student success and that is why we have moved to include a broader range of pathways and destinations taken," she said.

"Students achieve success in a range of ways including TAFE, apprenticeships, traineeships and employment."

Ms Kosky said the Bracks Government was building an education system that supported excellence.

"By providing a clearer understanding of how students are achieving at school and of what they achieve when they leave school, parents can make informed choices about their child's education," she said.

"The Bracks Government has always been committed to providing parents with as much information about the progress of their child's schooling as possible. These changes are further delivering on that commitment."

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