Our new piece of #HobsonsInsights is a K-12 focused analysis of recent research on student feedback and progressive reporting. We surveyed 1000+ Australian parents with children of various year levels, attending all different types of schools. The results are aligned to the national funding model and include state-by-state analysis.

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Student feedback and progressive reporting
David Savill
Head of Strategy
2014

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www.hobsons.com/apac/progressive-
reporting-in-schools

3. Define what’s important to parents when it comes to their
child's education
Unpack the importance of feedback, the channels, the
frequency and how parents use that feedback
Establish the level of parental and family support in
student coaching and development
Understand better what impacts student performance
Define the impact of curriculum planning and the balance
of social engagement and traditional curriculum
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We did the research to:

4. 1000 + parents responded
across all states
and school types
We asked 36 questions
with 387 lines of enquiry
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Survey framework

5. Demographics

6. Private
(religious
affiliation)
33%
Private
(non-
religious
affiliation)
5%
Public
(Gov’t
funded)
62%
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NSW
201
Qld
201
SA
203
Vic
202
WA
200
Primary
50%
Secondary
50%
Demographics
Female
50%
Male
50%

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The data will be split by
state and in line with the
MCEETYA data
collection standards

8. What we know

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Thinking about Reporting

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Parents say feedback
is essential
83.1%
85.7%
79.5%
89.7%
82.7%
77.2%
77.6%
83.7%
89.5%
85.7%
70%
72%
74%
76%
78%
80%
82%
84%
86%
88%
90%
92%
Attitude Behaviour Task performance Progression Student outcomes
%Essential
Primary School Secondary School

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20.6%
1.2%
5.1%
6.0%
42.8%
21.4%
2.5% 0.5%
26.4%
1.3%
9.5%
20.2%
34.6%
7.0%
0.7% 0.3%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
As and when it
happens
Daily Weekly Monthly Per Term Per Semester Annually Never
Frequency of Feedback Received Preferred Frequency of Feedback
Frequency of feedback

12. 57.5% of parents want
feedback more often
than once per term (42%)
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13. Parent engagement

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Parent involvement decreases
dramatically as a child
progresses through education
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Overall Public Private

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0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
Overall Public Private
Other family support decreases
dramatically as a child progresses
through education

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At home learning decreases as
a child's education progresses
Private
tutoring
Coaching by
parent /
relative
Online
additional
study
Learning a
language
Other
Academic
Activities None of these
Kindergarten 6.5% 45.2% 0.0% 16.1% 58.1% 41.9%
Prep 8.6% 31.4% 20.0% 11.4% 48.6% 51.4%
Year 1 7.9% 32.6% 19.1% 6.7% 47.2% 52.8%
Year 2 9.2% 33.8% 24.6% 1.5% 50.8% 49.2%
Year 3 9.9% 26.8% 22.5% 8.5% 40.8% 59.2%
Year 4 5.4% 31.1% 27.0% 8.1% 48.6% 51.4%
Year 5 12.2% 33.8% 20.3% 12.2% 54.1% 45.9%
Year 6 10.9% 20.3% 15.6% 3.1% 37.5% 62.5%
Year 7 11.6% 23.3% 23.3% 11.6% 53.5% 46.5%
Year 8 8.3% 25.7% 11.0% 6.4% 37.6% 62.4%
Year 9 14.6% 20.2% 11.2% 3.4% 32.6% 67.4%
Year 10 9.2% 16.1% 12.6% 4.6% 34.5% 65.5%
Year 11 11.2% 12.4% 3.4% 1.1% 24.7% 75.3%
Year 12 16.1% 11.5% 13.8% 2.3% 32.2% 67.8%

17. Parents are saying
they’re spending the
time but not getting the
feedback on how to
spend the time effectively
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When your child has underachieved in a task,
what has been your response and actions?

19. Improving performance

20. Student performance
increases with
extracurricular activities
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20.6%
14.9%
20.8%
16.7%
20.7%
15.8%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
Extracurricular Activities None
Primary Secondary Overall
Students grades V participation in
extracurricular activities
% Receive an A

22. 34% of parents were
unable to state their
child's grade they don’t
feel they receive
feedback to make an
informed judgment
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23. Those that did state a
grade pretty much all said
their child was at a
B grade level
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24. Does increased student/ parent
feedback increase performance?
Hattie* thinks so:
It can not only inform the student
how he or she is learning
But it can also inform a teacher
how they are going!
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*Hattie J , and Timperley H REVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH 2007;77:81-112

25. Feedback and making Learning Visible
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John Hattie and Learning
http://visiblelearningplus.com
Visible Learning means
an enhanced role for
teachers as they
become evaluators of
their own teaching.
According to John
Hattie Visible Learning
and Teaching occurs
when teachers see
learning through the
eyes of students and
help them become their
own teachers.

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Hattie J , and Timperley H REVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH 2007;77:81-112
A model of feedback to enhance learning

27. Curriculum planning

28. Agree
60.7%
Disagree,
39.3%
Agree
72.1%
Disagree,
27.9%
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Agree
56%
Disagree,
44%
Primary
Secondary
Public
Public
Private
Private
Agree
66.4%
Disagree,
33.6%
37.5% of parents disagree that their
school tailors curriculum to their child

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The report is available now

30. www.hobsons.com/
apac/progressive-
reporting-in-
schools
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