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Queensland drops public reporting of school comparison tables showing year 12 results
Annual public reporting of year 12 results in league tables has been scrapped in Queensland.
Key points:
- The decision coincides with the transition of Queensland schools to the national ATAR system
- The University Admissions Centre has confirmed ATAR results are not made public nationally
- ATAR results are not used in deciding resource allocations for schools, the Minister says
Education Minister Grace Grace said the decision coincided with the transition of Queensland schools to a national system of tertiary entrance scores – the individual Australian Tertiary Admission Rank, or ATAR.
The first cohort of Queensland students to be given an ATAR was the class of 2020, leaving behind the former OP (overall position) system, which saw…
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