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Australia federal government's My School web site to go live after 3-month delay
(AAP) The federal government's revamped My School website will finally be available for parents and teachers from early March, after a three-month delay.
The site, which compares schools' literacy and numeracy scores with the results of statistically similar institutions and to the national average, was meant to go live with new features on December 3.
But School Education Minister Peter Garrett had to postpone the relaunch because private schools were worried their financial information wasn't accurately presented.
Mr Garrett announced on Thursday that the new and improved version of My School would now be online from March 4.
"The (news) comes after rigorous testing, consultation and validation of the new data that will go on the site to ensure it's meaningful, accurate, comparable and that schools understand how their information will be presented," he said.
In an Australian first, school financial data including each institution's 2009 recurrent income and capital expenditure, will be displayed and broken down by source of funding.
School profiles will detail the proportion of students from language backgrounds other than English, while literacy and numeracy test results will show academic trends over time now three years of figures are available.
The site, which compares schools' literacy and numeracy scores with the results of statistically similar institutions and to the national average, was meant to go live with new features on December 3.
But School Education Minister Peter Garrett had to postpone the relaunch because private schools were worried their financial information wasn't accurately presented.
Mr Garrett announced on Thursday that the new and improved version of My School would now be online from March 4.
"The (news) comes after rigorous testing, consultation and validation of the new data that will go on the site to ensure it's meaningful, accurate, comparable and that schools understand how their information will be presented," he said.
In an Australian first, school financial data including each institution's 2009 recurrent income and capital expenditure, will be displayed and broken down by source of funding.
School profiles will detail the proportion of students from language backgrounds other than English, while literacy and numeracy test results will show academic trends over time now three years of figures are available.
