Report on Queensland High Schools performance 2005

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject Business economics - General, grade: 1,3, University of Queensland, course: Quantitative Analysis and Finance, language: English, abstract: On April 3 2006 the Queensland Studies Authority (QSA) released data on the performance of Queensland High Schools in 2005. This was the first time in twelve years that information on the performance of all Queensland High Schools was released. This report aims to analyse the data performance of Queensland High Schools and to examine if there is an influence on the Percentage of OP eligible students with an OP 1 to 15. In this context there is a focus on the overall performance of the assessed schools. The different variables will be compared, discussed, analysed and how they relate to schools' performance. It will be considered if there are regional distinctions based on performance, location, same sex or co-education schools. The overall performance variables will be examined through the five hypotheses: