PART 3: STRUCTURE OF THE STANDARD REPORT
The relative distributions (percentages) shown for the four subgroups (Secularising, Reconfessionalising, Recontextualising and Christian Values Education) are derived from responses to a wide range of questions from across the survey. They should not be read as results of the Melbourne Scale questions. The background arrows indicate tendencies within the subgroups, showing common shifts from one subgroup into another. Respondents in Reconfessionalisation, Recontextualisation and Secularisation tend to go further into those subgroups, while those in Christian Values Education tend to shift to either Reconfessionalisation or Secularisation. The challenge for schools is to support the shift into Recontextualisation. These tendencies have been identified in the extensive survey data gathered to date. The table in the middle of the page disaggregates the subpopulation data and, in a different way, again compares the current survey round with the previous survey round. The pie graphs in the table will represent diocesan primary or secondary school data since 2011, depending on which data are relevant to your school. The ideal is for Recontextualisation to be the largest subgroup. The Subpopulations data is helpful in a number of ways: 1. Comparisons between the current survey and the school’s previous survey are found in the table in the middle of the page. 2. Comparing past and present scores among the various respondent groups indicates change over time. 3. Subpopulations provide a glimpse of the current reality and are read in conjunction with the detailed data available in Sections C.1–C.4. 4. Examining which subgroups have decreased and which have increased provides information about the changes in attitude regarding Catholic school identity that have been taking place in the recent past and may help determine the direction the school could take in the future.
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