MMG Education are leaders in tailored school stakeholder research and performance benchmarking. We provide a range of stakeholder specific/topic specific research for schools providing research informed information across key areas. Our Specialty School Reviews include:
Student Performance Segmentation Model
MMG’s Student Performance Segmentation Model is a highly effective tool that assists schools in understanding how students at different levels of academic performance experience school life.
Using academic performance data supplied by the school, MMG segments a selected student Year group of interest into four performance groups.
Each group is then profiled against existing MMG student research results, allowing schools to compare key aspects of school life across lower, middle and higher-performing students.
The analysis may include areas such as:
- Overall Satisfaction
- Academic Program and Quality of Teaching
- Student Pastoral Care / Student Wellbeing
- Bullying
- Self-Determination Theory: Autonomy, Relatedness and Competence
- Values or Religious Education
- Co-curricular Activities
By linking academic performance with student satisfaction/experience data, the model provides schools with clear, evidence-based insights to identify priority groups to develop targeted intervention and support strategies.
Outdoor Education / Experiential Learning
MMG’s Outdoor Education and Experiential Learning Research Model provides schools with robust, evidence-based insights from parents, students and staff into the effectiveness and impact of specialist outdoor education and experiential learning programs.
Using tailored stakeholder surveys and a longitudinal research design, the model examines participant experiences across key areas such as program satisfaction, expectations, preparation, communication, teaching and learning, student wellbeing, facilities and resources.
In addition to measuring participants’ experiences, the research evaluates changes in key student outcomes, including interpersonal skills, connectedness, emotional wellbeing, resilience, life effectiveness and psychological development. Through pre-program, post-program and follow-up measures, schools are able to assess both the immediate and longer-term impact of their programs.
The model establishes baseline performance measures, supports ongoing monitoring and continuous improvement, and builds a strong evidence base over time through the accumulation of data across cohorts, timepoints and measures. This enables more reliable assessment of program impact, sustained outcomes and potential longer-term developmental benefits.
Past Students & Parents Review
Focuses on obtaining research based feedback from immediate past (up to 5 years after leaving) students and their parents. Reveals insights into:
- How stakeholders felt the school had prepared their sons/daughters for their next stage of life.
- Their views regarding the school’s guidance and selection of courses and what the school could have done better.
Sport Review
Research based information on range and number of sports available, emphasis placed by the school, sports administration and communication and feedback for each sport on a range of attributes such as:
- Facilities and resources
- Coaching
- Team selection
- Training
- Ability to participate in sport of choice
- Cost
- Influencers to take up sport etc.
Music Review
Research based information on range and number of music programs available, emphasis placed by the school, music administration and communication for the music program on a range of attributes such as:
- Encouragement to participate
- Quality of musical instruments
- Music facilities
- Rehearsals
- Performances
- Acknowledgement
- Quality of instruction
- Costs
Co-curricular Review
Research based information on range and number of co-curricular activities available, emphasis placed by the school, administration and communication, encouragement to participate and feedback for each activity on a range of attributes such as:
- Facilities & resources
- Instruction
- Activity selection
- Training
- Ability to participate in activity of choice
- Cost
- Influencers to take up an activity
New Principal’s Characteristics & Competencies
Typically used when a school is in the process of recruiting a new Principal.
- Provides the School Board with research informed stakeholder views at an early phase regarding desirable competences and characteristics.
- MMG Education works with the School Board to tailor a suite of questions for stakeholders and then manage the online process, data QA and reporting.
To learn more about how MMG Education’s Specialty School reviews can assist you with obtaining informed feedback of what your stakeholders think, please complete the form and one of our Directors will contact you.
