Long, long ago, when you were little boys and girls, I lodged an FOI. This FOI concerned the Deloitte debacle. My request was broad and complicated but in brief the FOI – in actuality, two related FOIs – requested:
1. All of VCAA’s discussions and analyses, both internal and external by VCAA request, of the five major errors on the 2022 VCE mathematics exams.
2. The Terms of Reference of the review of the mathematics examination development process commissioned by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) in March 2023, as well as documents prior and subsequent to the commencement of the review, that indicate the formation of and the conduct of that review by VCAA.
That FOI process has now finally run its course. About a month ago, I received VCAA’s re-revised response to my FOIs. As I will explain, there is a key element of the debacle that remains a mystery, and I still had the right of (re)appeal to OVIC. My feeling, however was that VCAA handled my broad and difficult FOIs in exhausting (if sometimes clumsy) good faith, and that nothing was likely to be gained by appealing. Continue reading “Deloitte Dénouement”
