The Premier announced a new way of reporting
individual student performance to parents on 15 August 2005. In July 2006 the Minister for Education and Training released a brochure explaining the changes to parents. In September, the NSW Minister for Education and Training has written to the Federal Minister seeking her agreement for schools to use A-E grades OR the equivalent word description to describe student achievement.
The new reporting processes are based on a new policy “Curriculum
Planning and Programming, Assessing and Reporting to Parents
K ‑ 12”. The new policy is intended to provide
consistency in reporting but not limit school flexibility.
The policy can be accessed on the Department’s policy
website.
The new approach to reporting for K –- 12 schools
came into effect in 2006.
The Department has developed a number of sample reports,
explanatory notes and a parent brochure explaining the new
reporting requirements. These documents, along with a question
and answer document are available by clicking the links on
this page.
The Curriculum Planning and Programming, Assessing and
Reporting to Parents K – 12 policy has been developed
in response to recommendations from the report, Time to
teach – time to learn, by Professor Ken Eltis and
recent Australian Government school funding legislation. The
legislation, entitled Schools Assistance (Learning Together
– Achievement through Choice and Opportunity) Act 2004
includes requirements for the reports that schools in all
States and Territories provide to parents. This legislation
provides funding to education authorities in each state and
territory for the period 2005-2008.
The sample reports comply with the new policy for reporting
to parents and the requirements of Federal legislation.
Copies of the Eltis report and the Australian legislative
requirements for reporting to parents can be accessed through
the links on this page. |