ACARA publications

Annual reports and corporate plans

View ACARA's annual reports and corporate plans.

Review of the National School Reform Agreement: The National Measurement Framework for Schooling in Australia

July 2022

Read ACARA’s submission (PDF 1.8 MB) to the Productivity Commission’s review of the National School Reform Agreement. 

Perspectives on the My School website

November 2014

ACARA commissioned Colmar Brunton to conduct research with parents, principals, partners, and parent and principal representative groups about the My School website.

The report states that, generally, parents appreciate having a range of information about schools available in the central online location. The report also shows My School is used by parents as part of a suite of information sources to make informed decisions about their child’s education.

The report states that, overall, My School provides information in one accessible place, in a format that is relatively easy to navigate and understand, but there is some scope to make improvements.

ACARA welcomes any research and advice that will improve the My School website. We have already acted on a number of the report’s findings. For example, we have created a new infographic that explains in plain English what ICSEA is, and the introduction video for the My School homepage has been updated to better explain the purpose of My School.

Read the Perspectives on the My School website report (PDF 991 KB). 

Curriculum publications

These documents provide information on the curriculum development process used to develop the national curriculum, including background information to guide the writing of the national curriculum.

Curriculum development process: describes the process used to develop the national curriculum. It also describes the structure of writing teams and consultation groups involved in the national curriculum development.

Curriculum design: The curriculum design paper provides guidelines for the writing of the Australian curriculum.

The Shape of the Australian Curriculum: English, mathematics, science and history includes key foundational documents to shape the Australian Curriculum.

A brief precis publication summarises the ten documents, along with the consultation processes and curriculum development work of the Board.

•  The Shape of the Australian Curriculum: precis

Full copies of the documents along with their matching consultation reports are available below.

•   The Shape of the Australian Curriculum, version 5, June 2020 (PDF 389 KB)
•   The Shape of the Australian Curriculum (May 2009)
  
•   Shape Paper Consultation Report (May 2009)
•   The Shape of the Australian Curriculum: English (May 2009)
•   Framing Paper Consultation Report: English (May 2009)
•   The Shape of the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics (May 2009)
•   Framing Paper Consultation Report: Mathematics (May 2009)
•   The Shape of the Australian Curriculum: Science (May 2009)
•   Framing Paper Consultation Report: The Sciences (May 2009)
•   The Shape of the Australian Curriculum: History (May 2009)
•   Framing Paper Consultation Report: History (May 2009)
•   The Shape of the Australian Curriculum (December 2012)
•   The Shape of the Australian Curriculum: Geography (January 2011)
•   The Shape of the Australian Curriculum: Civics and Citizenship (October 2012)
•   The Shape of the Australian Curriculum: Economics and Business (December 2012)
•   The Shape of the Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education (August 2012)
•   The Shape of the Australian Curriculum: Technologies (August 2012)

Assessment publications

Visit the 'NAPLAN results and reports' page of the NAP website.

• NAPLAN Test Incidents Report 2024 (PDF 269 KB) 
• NAPLAN Test Incidents Report 2023 (PDF 289 KB) 
• NAPLAN Test Incidents Report 2022 (PDF 285 KB)
• NAPLAN Test Incidents Report 2021 (PDF 301 KB) 
• NAPLAN Test Incidents Report 2019 (PDF 182 KB) 
• NAPLAN Test Incidents Report 2018 (PDF 155 KB) 
• NAPLAN Test Incidents Report 2017 (PDF 387 KB) 
• NAPLAN Test Incidents Report 2016 (PDF 214 KB) 
• NAPLAN Test Incidents Report 2015 (PDF 89 KB) 
• NAPLAN Test Incidents Report 2014 (PDF 91 KB) 
• NAPLAN Test Incidents Report 2013 (PDF 455 KB) 
• NAPLAN Test Incidents Report 2012 (PDF 368 KB) 
• NAPLAN Test Incidents Report 2011 (PDF 121 KB) 
• NAPLAN Test Incidents Report 2010 (PDF 82 KB)