Senate debates Documents
Department of Education; Order for the Production of Documents
Sarah Henderson Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Education
3:47 pm
I move:
That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Education, by no later than 5 pm on 13 February 2025, the 2024 National Assessment Program—Literacy and Numeracy and the student and school summary reports for each school in Australia.
Anthony Chisholm Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Education
I seek leave to make a short statement.
Anthony Chisholm Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Education
The government won't be supporting this motion. Neither the Minister for Education nor the Department of Education hold the NAPLAN student and school summary reports. This motion calls for the tabling of reports that name each school in the country and that identify individual students, using their initials, against each student's results in each of the 2024 NAPLAN tests. Student and school summary reports help schools identify students' strengths and areas for additional support—they are not distributed to parents and carers. I note that ACARA released an update on the My School website in December 2024 which provided details on schools' performance in NAPLAN 2024.
Sue Lines President
The question is that general business notice of motion No. 732 standing in the name of Senator Henderson be agreed to.