The Minister for Education, Mary Hanafin, is to meet teachers' and parents' groups to discuss publishing Department of Education school inspection reports.
However, in a letter to representatives Minister Hanafin said she was opposed to the introduction of school league tables.
The inspection reports will give parents an assessment of the overall quality of teaching and management in primary and secondary schools, but will not include exam results.
Earlier this year, the Supreme Court ruled against the publication of primary school inspection reports.
