Throughout 2020, the Department of Education, Skills and Employment conducted the 2020 Review of the Disability Standards for Education 2005 (the Standards).

The aim of the review was to test if the Standards are effective in supporting students with disability to access and participate in education on the same basis as students without disability, and whether any improvements to the Standards should be made.

The Federal Education and Youth Minister, Alan Tudge, released this final report on 12 March 2021. The final report makes 13 recommendations which reflect 4 reform directions:

• empowering and supporting students with disability and their families
• strengthening the knowledge and capability of educators and providers
• embedding accountability for the Standards throughout the education system
• building awareness and capability in the early childhood education and care sector