Authors: Fiona Christian, Wendy Hodge, Jade Maloney, Liesbeth Geerligs, Narelle Ong, Ofir Thaler, Miriam Motha, Rob Herbert

Evaluator Company/Business: ARTD Consultants

Year: 2012

URL or PDF: Download the Phase 1 final report (PDF, 3.5MB)

Summary:  This report presents the findings of the 2011 cross-sectoral impact survey, which gauged staff perceptions of the effectiveness of Smarter Schools National Partnerships (SSNP) reforms in NSW. The 2011 survey was administered to teachers, executives and principals from SSNP schools and responses were received from 662 of 936 SSNP schools . Analysis of survey results show, at the broadest level, SSNPs are driving reform however, no one clear coherent picture has arisen from the study. 

Authors: Fiona Christian, Wendy Hodge, Liesbeth Geerligs, Ioana Ramia, Narelle Ong and Jade Maloney

Evaluator Company/Business: ARTD Consultants

Year: 2013

URL or PDF: Download the wave 2 report (PDF, 2MB) or the wave 3 final report (PDF, 2.6MB). 

Summary:  These reports present the findings of the 2012 cross-sectoral impact survey, which aimed to capture responses from 247 of the 936 NSW schools participating in one or more Smarter School National Partnership (SSNP) initiatives. Responses were received from 178 schools and 829 individuals: 123 principals, 296 executives and 410 teachers. The findings are based on observational and self-reported data. Most schools were participating in the Low Socio-economic School Community National Partnership (61 per cent), the Improving Teacher Quality National Partnership (23 per cent) or a combination of Partnerships (15 per cent). The authors report that many strategies have been successfully implemented under the SSNP and in combination, these are leading both directly and indirectly to significant educational changes within schools, particularly improvements in teacher capacity and professional collaboration within the school.