Framework for Improving Student Outcomes (FISO 2.0)

Evidence base

The Framework for Improving Student Outcomes (FISO 2.0) is an evidence-based framework designed to support schools to focus their improvement efforts on practices that have the greatest impact on outcomes.

The FISO 2.0 is informed by contemporary research evidence, professional publications, government reports and research conducted by the department.

The FISO 2.0 builds upon the in-depth research conducted for the original FISO, but with an enhanced focus on wellbeing as an enabler of learning outcomes and as an outcome in its own right.

This enhanced focus on wellbeing is a direct response to:

• demonstrated correlations between student wellbeing and learning outcomes
• persistent long-term challenges in students’ wellbeing, which have been compounded by the impacts of COVID-19 and remote learning.

The evidence base provides detailed evidence underpinning the outcomes, elements and dimensions, and the measures to support planning. This document will be updated over time as new evidence emerges and the system learns how best to improve learning and wellbeing outcomes for students.

Detailed information on the FISO 2.0 evidence base is now available.