Home About the IEU About the IEUA Branch Contact Details IEUA Archives News IEU in the news IEU in the news - Canberra Times - Fears funding cuts loom for private schools, 8 Sept 2011 Gonski review should recognise fundamental funding basics Policy & Submissions Submissons IEU Submissions Submission to Productivity Commission inquiry - School Workforce Policies IEU Policies The IEUA Speaks Education IEU Education Accomplished Teaching Pay and conditions IEU Industrial Wages Report Publications Independent Education magazine Social Justice Human Rights & Equity Australia needs a new approach to asylum seekers and refugees Indigenous Education Watch Education Watch Education Watch - US study finds teacher bonuses not the answer. EI 6th World Congress Grant news - IEU welcomes new round of successful Solar Schools program Cooperation Not Competition RSS Get news via an RSS feed		Please Explain The Deputy Prime Minister is asked to explain: 1. What is the conclusive evidence by which the Government decided that the publication of comparative school data will assist, rather than impair, school education in Australia? 2. As the Minister responsible for ACARA, what steps will you take to ensure that simplistic league tables or other inappropriate comparisons of schools will not be published? 3. What risk management processes will be in place to ensure that national testing and reporting will not have unintended negative consequences for our schools? To read the full letter, click here