The NSW Department of Education has removed key performance targets from its annual report for the first time in almost 20 years, including metrics on academic achievement, attendance, and completion rates. Previously, the department had published ambitious goals aimed at boosting student performance and sense of belonging.
The NSW Department of Education has stripped key performance targets from its annual report , removing specific goals for lifting academic results, attendance and the number of public school students finishing year 12.
The department’s 2023-24 report, released last week, does not specifically reference NAPLAN, HSC performance data, or targets to lift academic performance or close achievement gaps. In 2022, only 66.5 per cent of NSW public school students finished high school, about 10 percentage points below the target.
“We have high expectations for achievement for all NSW students, with ambitious reading and numeracy improvement targets in place at every school,” they said.They pointed to sources such as the MySchool website to access individual school results. The national curriculum authority, ACARA, also publishes state-based data on attendance rates and the proportion of students finishing year 12.
Jha said the department had “big goals” in its new plan for public education and its move to explicit teaching, and “by doing all these things, you’d expect the benefits are reflected in results,” Jha said.
NSW Department Of Education Annual Report Performance Targets Academic Achievement Attendance
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