The term 'value-added' can be used to describe the additional value or contribution a school makes to the learning outcomes of students. Value-added measures aim to adjust student scores to cancel out non-school influences, such as a student's background and prior attainments, to provide a more accurate indication of the influence the school has had...

This first annual report on the status of Victoria's children offers a high-level, yet comprehensive overview of the health, development, learning, safety and wellbeing of Victoria's children and young people, against the outcomes framework of 35 areas. The report provides an important evidence-base for the further development and evaluation of policy/program recommendations. The first annual...

The School Accountability and Improvement Framework (the Framework) provides a key resource to support Victorian government schools and their communities identify and implement a shared vision for improvement.

The Department of Education and Training is committed to providing safe, secure and stimulating environments for all students, and provides a range of anti-bullying policies and strategies for schools to deliver on this commitment. A review of the anti-bullying policies and practices in Victorian government schools carried out by Deakin University and the Alannah and...

Keeping Kids at School examines the issue of improving school attendance and suggests how the collection of information is an essential starting point. It also outlines approaches that schools might take to improve attendance, based on both research and the experience of schools themselves. Absence from school and class not only affects the absent student...