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This is the 29th annual report on Australia's school education sector. It has been produced by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) on behalf of the Education Council. The report highlights progress in 2017 towards the Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians agreed by Australian education ministers in 2008, and addresses the eight areas of commitment to action specified in the Melbourne Declaration. The report describes the national policy and reporting context for school education in Australia and reports against the nationally agreed key performance measures (KPMs) for schooling, covering student participation, student achievement in national assessments and student transitions to further education and work. A selection of other statistical information on Australian schooling in 2017 and for the nine-year period 2009-2017 inclusive is included.

Part 1, 'Schools and schooling', provides information on the status of Australian schooling in 2017, including school, student and teacher numbers, school structures, and funds used for school education. Part 2, 'Policies and priorities', outlines the national policy context for Australian schooling in 2017 and reports against the commitments to action agreed by Australian education ministers in the Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians. Part 3, 'Measuring and reporting performance', reports on the performance of Australian schooling in 2017, using the nationally agreed KPMs for schooling specified in the Measurement Framework for Schooling in Australia 2015.

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