It appears likely that reporting can strengthen the learning partnership between school and home if the information reported is of a nature that enables parents to support children’s learning. However, school leaders and teachers may need to reframe how they report in order to achieve this purpose.

A key question for school leaders and teachers is, therefore: how does the nature of the information in written reports support the purpose of strengthening the learning partnerships between school and home?

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