[Offtopic] MySchool Website, 28th Jan 2010

[Cameron Bell]

What about something as simple as "Subjects Offered" for the previous year? - Did they run Physics? Geology? Specialist Maths?

Cameron


On 24/12/2009, at 1:35 AM, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Everyone aware that www.myschool.edu.au will open on the 28th Jan 2010?
> 
> Personally, i would also like data regarding graduate destinations, ICT 
> ratios, co-curricular (eg clubs) availability, perhaps average fees per
> Year Level, and certainly staff turn-over regards potential enrollments.
> 
> This site is sure to be a talking point on the first day back next year!
> 
> http://www.myschool.edu.au  (and)
> http://www.acara.edu.au/acara_update_14122009.html
> 
> "An introduction to ACARA information sessions on the My School website 
> and the release of the draft Australian curriculum, which will be held in 
> all states and territories during February and March 2010"
> 
> My School  F A C T   S H E E T   December 2009
> 
> 
> The My School website provides profles of almost 10,000 Australian
> schools that can be searched by the school‚s location, sector, or name. 
> 
> The website provides statistical and contextual information, as well as
> NAPLAN (www.naplan.edu.au) results that can be compared with those of
> statistically similar schools across Australia.
> 
> The information will be published on 28th January 2010.
> 
> Each school will have a profle page which will include:
> 
>   a short description of the school
>   number of students
>   number of teachers
>   attendance rates
>   senior secondary school outcomes
>   school-level data about students‚ backgrounds
>   school Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage (ICSEA) value
>   a link to the school‚s website and, where appropriate, a link to the
>   school‚s governing body
>   school NAPLAN results compared with the national average and the
>   average results of statistically similar schools.
> 
> Other pages will show:
> 
>   the percentage of students achieving at each band on NAPLAN tests
>   compared with the percentage of students at that band nationally and
>   in statistically similar schools
>   school results on NAPLAN compared with the results of up to 60
>   statistically similar schools
>   a list of up to 20 schools located nearest to the school selected
> 
> 
> My School will enable you to:
> 
>   access a snapshot of a school using nationally consistent indicators
>   compare the performance of a school with that of the average
>   performance of all schools in Australia and that of statistically
>   similar schools across Australia
>   search for schools nearby to the school displayed, with hyperlinks to
>   the profle page of that school
>   identify and learn about high-performing schools.
> 
> For the latest news visit  myschool.edu.au
> 
> Australian Curriculum, Assessment & Reporting Authority (ACARA) (7 Dec 09)
> 
> --
> 
> Cheers people
> Stephen Loosley
> Member, Victorian
> Institute of
> Teaching
> 
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> 
> 
> 
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