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information about the educational outcomes of schooling for young Australians. ACARA reports a large amount of data on schools and school students, bringing together information from education and statistical agencies around Australia.</p> <p>ACARA's reporting is guided by the <a href="https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/corporate-publications/alice-springs-(mparntwe)-education-declaration.pdf">Alice Springs (Mparntwe) Education Declaration's</a> education goals for young Australians.</p> <h2>ACARA's data and reporting functions</h2> <h3>The National Report on Schooling in Australia</h3> <p>ACARA publishes the annual <a href="/reporting/national-report-on-schooling-in-australia">National Report on Schooling in Australia</a> on behalf of Australian education ministers, recording progress towards the goals and commitment in the Education Declaration. The report includes information on:</p> <ul> <li>school structures, and school, teacher and student numbers</li> <li>major programs and initiatives to support students and schools achieve educational goals and support the commitment to action</li> <li>student outcomes (<a href="https://www.acara.edu.au/reporting/national-report-on-schooling-in-australia/national-report-on-schooling-in-australia-data-portal/key-performance-measures-for-schooling-in-australia">Key Performance Measures</a>), as prescribed in the <a href="https://www.acara.edu.au/reporting/measurement-framework-for-schooling-in-australia">Measurement Framework for Schooling</a> in Australia</li> <li>school resourcing</li> </ul> <h3>The National Report on Schooling in Australia data portal</h3> <p>Access the most recent statistical information on schooling in the <a href="https://www.acara.edu.au/reporting/national-report-on-schooling-in-australia/key-performance-measures-for-schooling-in-australia">National Report on Schooling data portal</a>, which includes time series data, charts and tables, and downloadable datasets.</p> <h3>My School</h3> <p>The <a href="http://www.myschool.edu.au/" target="_blank"><em>My School</em> website</a> supports national transparency and accountability for Australia's schools by publishing nationally consistent school-level data about every school in Australia, including student attendance, NAPLAN results and school finances.</p> <h3>The National Assessment Program</h3> <p>ACARA publishes national reports for the:</p> <ul> <li>National Assessment Program – literacy and numeracy (NAPLAN)</li> <li>National Assessment Program sample assessments.</li> </ul> <p>Find out more on ACARA's <a href="http://www.nap.edu.au/" target="_blank">National Assessment Program (NAP) website</a>.</p> <h3>The Australian Schools List</h3> <p>ACARA maintains a list of all currently registered schools in Australia, the <a href="https://asl.acara.edu.au/">Australian Schools List</a>.</p> <h3>Data collection standards</h3> <p>ACARA publishes the <a href="https://www.acara.edu.au/reporting/national-standards-for-student-attendance-data-reporting" target="_blank">National Standards for Student Attendance Data Reporting</a> to make sure this is consistent and the <a href="https://www.acara.edu.au/reporting/data-standards-manual-student-background-characteristics" target="_blank">Data Standards Manual: Student Background Characteristics</a> to help schools (and school systems) collect consistent student information from parents. ACARA collects attendance data for all schools and collects student background data directly from <a href="https://www.acara.edu.au/reporting/student-background-data-collection-for-independent-schools">independent schools</a> and school systems.</p> <h3>The data access program</h3> <p>ACARA has a <a href="https://www.acara.edu.au/contact-us/acara-data-access">data access program</a> to allow researchers and other approved parties access to its data collection. 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