The Department of Education measures progress of children and young people as they move from early childhood into their school years, and then into further education and work through the four objectives across this life cycle: achievement, engagement, wellbeing and productivity. Annual Report published: https://www.vic.gov.au/department-education-annual-reports

The Department measures progress of children and young people as they move from early childhood into their school years, and then into further education and work through the four objectives across this life cycle: achievement, engagement, wellbeing and productivity.

The department's performance statement was substantially revised in 2023–24 with a new set of objectives, indicators and measures, and a revised suite of output performance measures to better reflect service delivery within early childhood education and schooling services. This is set out in the 2023–24 Victorian Budget Service Delivery: Budget Paper No. 3 (BP3) and reported in this annual report. Objective 1: Raise development outcomes of 3 and 4-year-old children prior to attending school Objective 2: Raise learning, development, engagement and wellbeing outcomes for all Victorian students Objective 3: Provide equitable and inclusive schooling to all Victorian students Annual Report published: https://www.vic.gov.au/department-education-annual-reports

Information released in the Department of Education and Training's Annual Report 2017-18 on DET's progress towards achieving departmental objectives

Information released in the Department of Education and Training's Annual Report 2016-17 on DET's progress towards achieving departmental objectives

Information released in the Department of Education and Training's Annual report 2015-16

For this objective, trend data is provided for the following indicators: - Children developmentally ‘on track’ on the Australian Early Development Index language and cognitive skills domains - Students meeting the expected standard in national and international literacy and numeracy assessments - VET course completions - Year 12 or equivalent completion rates of young people

Information released in the Department of Education and Training's Annual Report 2021-22 on performance against output performance measures: strategy, review and regulation; early childhood development; school education - primary and secondary; training, higher education; support services delivery; and support for students with disability. Annual Report published: https://www.vic.gov.au/department-education-annual-reports