Children and Young People with

Disability Australia meeting

Consultation on proposal to present SWD

data on My School

17 June 2016

Background
Education Ministers agreed to the addition of a measure
relating to SWD as part of a set of enhancements to the My
School website in the ACARA work plan 16/17 - 19/20.
The Joint Working Group for Students With Disability (JWG),
chaired by the Australian Government Department of
Education and Training, undertook significant work from both
a policy and data integrity standpoint on SWD data.

National Consistent Collection on

Students With Disability (NCCD)
The SWD data are collected through the NCCD.
Collection counts the number of school students with
disability and a classification of the level of educational
adjustment they receive.
Progressively implemented over the period 2013-2015
with all government and non-government schools
participating from 2015.

NCCD and Quality Assurance

Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) were engaged to
monitor the quality of data reporting by visiting schools
directly and discussing with staff to understand how they
completed the NCCD.
Online training and a helpdesk provided to schools on
how to complete the NCCD survey.
Focus on how to classify students disability category
and the level of adjustment.

Role of ACARA
Directed by JWG to consult on options for publishing
Students With Disability (SWD) data on the My School in
consultation with stakeholders, disability experts, schools
and parent groups.

Aim

Nationally-agreed reporting of SWD data on My School

consistent with Council directives and best practice and,
ensures the privacy of students and a minimum agreed
reporting threshold.

Principles for publishing of SWD

data on My School
Fairness
Comparability
Transparency
Accountability
Privacy of student information
Reliability and validity of data
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3 Options for Presenting SWD data

on My School
Option1: Total Number of Students With Disabilities
Option 2: Table of Level of Adjustment by Disability
Category
Option 3: Graphs showing Level of Adjustment by
Disability Category with Comparisons

Option 1: Total Number of Students

With Disabilities

Option 2: Table of level of

Adjustment by Disability Category

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Option 3: Graphs showing Level of

Adjustment by Disability Category
with Comparisons

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Consultation Process
Feedback and suggestions on how we might present
SWD data via online survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ACARASWDsurvey
Survey Information Pack outlining purpose, scope, roles
with FAQs

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Next Steps
Survey closes 30 June 2016
Draft report - July
Report on findings of consultation to JWG - August

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