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league tables or other inappropriate comparisons of schools will not be published?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?
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