Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education [electronic resource] : National Reporting through My School
Publishing, OECD.
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and DevelopmentCorporate Author
Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
2012.
This case study describes the policy-making process in Australia leading to the public release of information on every school in Australia through the My School website. Policy lessons are described to provide insight for OECD member countries which may be grappling with similar issues in developing school accountability systems, particularly those working within federal-state contexts. While some of the lessons from this policy development and implementation process relate specifically to Australia's circumstances, there are general policy prescriptions of broader interest to other countries 
Description based upon print version of record.
Foreword; Table of Contents; Chapter1 - The Policy Challenge of Delivering School Transparency; Chapter2 - Policy Background; The Australian Education System; Introduction of the National Assessment Programme - Literacy and Numeracy; Political Support for Better Public Access to Comparative Information about Schools; Public Debate about Transparency; Box 2.1 Managing Opposition: Challenges and Responses; Chapter3 - Decision Making; Australia's School Reform Agenda; Mandate from the Council of Australian Governments (COAG); Box 3.1 My School: Australian Government and COAG Involvement
Box 3.2 My School: MCEECDYA InvolvementEducation Ministers Determined the Policy Details; Box 3.3 My School: Establishing the Delivery Capability for National School Reporting; Box 3.5 Similar Schools; Box 3.4 School Profile; Box 3.6 School Finances: Full-time Equivalent (FTE) Enrolments (2009); Box 3.7 NAPLAN Summary; The Key Factors in Policy Making; Box 3.8 Development of Australian System; Chapter4 - My School Website Launched; Box 4.1 Communication Strategy; Key Features; My School 2.0; Box 4.2 Data Released on the First, Second, Third and Future Versions of My School
The Future of My SchoolChapter5 - Conclusion; Policy Lessons; My School Underpins Other School Reforms; Annex A - My School 2.0 Page by Page; Landing Page; Captcha and Terms of Use Page; SchooL ProfiLe Page; SchooL Finances Page; NAPLAN Results in Graphs Page; NAPLAN Results (a) - School; NAPLAN Results (b) - Similar Schools; NAPLAN Results (c) - All Schools; Results in NUubers Page; Results in Bands Page; Student Gain Page; Similar Schools Page; Similar Schools (a) - School; Similar Schools (b) - Alphabetical List; Similar Schools (c) - Relative Distribution; Local Schools Page
Annex B - RepoRt on the geneRation of the 2010 index of Community SoCio-eduCational advantage (iCSea)Parent Socioeconomic Data; Constructing the School Performance Scale; Parent Background Data; Direct Parent Data Variables; Population Estimates and Confidence Intervals; Table B1 Average School Percentage Response Rates; Table B2 Required Response Rates for a 95% Confidence Level, a Population Proportion of 25% and a Confidence Level of 3%; Table B3 Confidence Interval Cut-off Values; Comparing Direct Parent Data Variable Sets
Table B4 Proportions of Parents in Occupation, Education Categories and School Performance - School AverageTable B5 Correlations between Proportions of Parents in Occupation and Education Categories and School Performance; Table B6 Variance Explained by Sets of Parent Variables with Different Average Confidence Intervals; Simplifying the Direct and Indirect Parent Data Equations; Table B7 Alternative Regression Solutions for Direct Parent Data Variables; Table B8 Alternative Regression Solutions for Indirect Parent Data Variables; Using Direct or Indirect Parent Data
Figure B1 ICSEA Versus Performance for Australian Secondary Schools
This case study describes the policy-making process in Australia leading to the public release of information on every school in Australia through the My School website. Policy lessons are described to provide insight for OECD member countries which may be grappling with similar issues in developing school accountability systems, particularly those working within federal-state contexts. While some of the lessons from this policy development and implementation process relate specifically to Australia's circumstances, there are general policy prescriptions of broader interest to other countries 
Education and state.
Educational accountability -- Australia.
School reports -- Australia.
Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education