The federal government's controversial website giving information on the performance of all schools will go live from this Thursday.
The site, called My School, will provide profiles for almost 10,000 schools and will allow parents to compare schools in their area as well as statistically-similar schools in other regions.
In navigating the web page, parents will be able to look at the profiles of their child's school which includes the numbers of students, teachers, attendance rates and the percentage of indigenous students.
Federal Education Minister Julia Gillard made no apology for the introduction of the website.
"I'm passionate about this and I believe this is the right direction for this country," she told Sky News on Monday.
It was about providing more information for parents and the nation than was ever provided before.
"We're going to shine a light on best practice."
However the government's push to introduce the website and National Assessment Plan - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) results has been met with staunch criticism from the public education union, the AEU.
