Review will look at the detailed production of the 2024 exams and will examine the authority’s structure, operations, culture and capability

The government has revealed details of what’s involved in its review of the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority’s exam-setting process following last year’s leaked questions fiasco.

Details of the “root and branch” review of the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority’s VCE exam-setting process have been revealed by the state government.

The review was called by Education Minister Ben Carroll after the Herald Sun revealed widespread leaking of test questions by the authority itself, affecting 69 popular exams by the end of 2024.

Dr Yehudi Blacher will be the lead reviewer and will be supported by a range of expert advisers.

There was a widespread leaking of test questions by the authority itself last year.

The review will look at the detailed production of the 2024 exams and will examine the authority’s structure, operations, culture and capability and will identify further reforms.

Such reforms are designed to “ensure Victoria has an authority that is fully fit for purpose and has the confidence of students, schools and the Victorian community at its centre”.

An independent monitor, Margaret Crawford, has been appointed to ensure recommendations are implemented for the 2025 exams.

An independent monitor has been appointed to ensure recommendations are implemented. Picture: Nicole Cleary

Education opposition spokeswoman Jess Wilson said the Minister had not chosen to refer the matter to the Victorian Ombudsman but had established “yet another review that reports back to the very Department that has overseen consecutive failures”.

“The Minister must commit to publishing in full the findings and recommendations of the review and ensure the class of 2025 isn’t subjected to the same failures that have plagued VCE exams for the past three years,” she said.

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