Andrew Laming (Bowman, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The 2017 NAPLAN results having been received allow Queensland in particular to take an even stronger longitudinal view on high school performance. That's occurred with the release of the data to relevant schools of interest. I want to congratulate a number of schools outside of the GPS system that were extraordinarily high performers. They include Good Shepherd Lutheran College in Noosa, West Moreton Anglican College, Cannon Hill Anglican College, Mansfield State High School, Ferny Grove State High School, and schools from Beenleigh, Nambour and Mount Tamborine. These schools demonstrated extraordinary student journeys as a cohort between year 9 NAPLAN results and their ability to generate OP results within that cohort, after we corrected for the number of students that were actually taking an OP pathway.

I reiterate my great concern that the lack of quality metrics in the vocational space in schools, where it is competency based, makes it almost impossible to tell whether students are gaining a qualification of any level in English or maths literacy or numeracy. Within the limitations of the data, publicly available, I am delighted that we have been able to look longitudinally at the performances of every one of our high schools and primary schools in Queensland, building a better picture for schools, their staff and their principals, to be able to identify what's making a difference, track performance and intervene where required. I seek leave to table these documents.