EDUCATION REGULATION 2001 - REG 5 Publication of results and other matters: section 18A

This legislation has been repealed.

EDUCATION REGULATION 2001 - REG 5

5 Publication of results and other matters: section 18A

(1) This clause applies to the following results:

(a) results of basic skills testing under section 18 of the Act,

(b) results of School Certificate and Higher School Certificate examinations and related assessments,

(c) results of annual assessments of the academic performance of students contained in reports to parents on student achievement.

(2) The following are included for the purposes of subclause (1) (a):

(a) English Language and Literacy Assessment (ELLA),

(b) Year 3 and 5 Basic Skills Test (BST),

(c) Primary Writing Assessment,

(d) Secondary Numeracy Assessment Program (SNAP),

(e) Year 6 and 10 Computing Skills Assessment.

(3) Results to which this clause applies must not be publicly revealed if the results relating to particular students are revealed.

(4) Results relating to a particular student may however be revealed as follows:

(a) to the student or to anyone with the student's consent,

(b) to the student's parents (or his or her other caregivers),

(c) to the principal of a school at which the student is enrolled or at which the student was previously enrolled,

(d) in the case of results of School Certificate or Higher School Certificate examinations and related assessments--by or with the approval of the Board of Studies, by way of the publication of the results of students who the Board considers have achieved outstanding results.

(5) Results to which this clause applies must not be publicly revealed in a way that ranks or otherwise compares the results of particular schools.

(6) If a school is required (by the appropriate authority for the school) to publish an annual report of school performance but fails to do so by the due date for publication, this clause does not prevent the public release of any results that were required to be the subject of that report.

(7) The "appropriate authority" for the purposes of subclause (6) is:

(a) in the case of a government school--the Department of Education and Training, or

(b) in the case of a non-government school registered as a member of a system of non-government schools--the approved authority for the system, or

(c) in the case of a non-government school registered as an individual school--the proprietor of the school.