{"id":2761,"date":"2021-05-28T10:39:19","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T00:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simerr.une.edu.au\/quicksmart\/?p=2761"},"modified":"2025-12-10T15:20:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T04:20:49","slug":"simplified-quicksmart-research-participation-consent-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simerr.une.edu.au\/quicksmart\/2021\/05\/28\/simplified-quicksmart-research-participation-consent-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Simplified QuickSmart Research Participation Consent Process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SUMMARY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It is no\nlonger necessary for schools to collect program consent and assent forms for <em>QuickSmart<\/em>\nand <em>QuickSmart <\/em>Comparison students. These permissions can now be\nincluded in general communication from the school; consent is now presumed and students\nneed to \u201copt out\u201d rather than \u201copt in\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">DETAILS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As you are\naware, while a school may deliver&nbsp;<em>QuickSmart&nbsp;<\/em>instruction to whichever\nstudents it chooses, SiMERR may not receive student data from the schools\nwithout first gaining consent for their participation in the&nbsp;<em>QuickSmart&nbsp;<\/em>research\nproject. Following feedback from schools and consultation with the University\nof New England\u2019s Human Research Ethics Committee, the process for schools to\ngain this consent has now been made easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schools may now include\u00a0<em>QuickSmart\u00a0<\/em>research participation within their procedures for gaining Standing Parental Consent per 4.2.10 of the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (ECHR) for the entire suite of <em>QuickSmart<\/em> programs*. That is, schools may:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>include information regarding the\u00a0<em>QuickSmart\u00a0<\/em>research participation along with information about other school programs and activities circulated to parents for their consent; and<\/li><li>presume consent unless a parent or student communicates otherwise, that is, an opt out system.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The\ninformation given to parents should note:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>the\u00a0<em>QuickSmart<\/em>\u00a0Numeracy and Literacy programs provided by the school are linked to the\u00a0<em>QuickSmart\u00a0<\/em>in Schools research project conducted by the SiMERR National Research Centre at UNE;<\/li><li>the\u00a0<em>QuickSmart\u00a0<\/em>website\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/simerr.une.edu.au\/quicksmart\/\">https:\/\/simerr.une.edu.au\/quicksmart\/<\/a>\u00a0can be visited for more information;<\/li><li>the\u00a0<em>QuickSmart<\/em>\u00a0in Schools research project collects student data in order to report on the      effectiveness of the\u00a0<em>QuickSmart\u00a0<\/em>programs; and<\/li><li>SiMERR does not report on individual student results or make public any personal information.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nconsent thus gained is then indicated by selecting&nbsp;<em>Consented<\/em>&nbsp;for\nthe student in the&nbsp;<em>QuickSmart&nbsp;<\/em>Portal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This will\nreduce your administrative burden in implementing&nbsp;<em>QuickSmart&nbsp;<\/em>and\nreduce barriers to getting students started in&nbsp;<em>QuickSmart<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*The <em>QuickSmart<\/em> suite of programs includes <em>QuickSmart <\/em>Numeracy, Literacy, Catch-Up Numeracy, FABS, Diagnostic Assessment and <em>QuickSmart<\/em>@Home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SUMMARY It is no longer necessary for schools to collect program consent and assent forms for QuickSmart and QuickSmart Comparison students. These permissions can now be included in general communication&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/simerr.une.edu.au\/quicksmart\/2021\/05\/28\/simplified-quicksmart-research-participation-consent-process\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,9,6,3,15,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data-upload","category-national-reports","category-ozcaas","category-quicksmart-literacy","category-quicksmart-numeracy","category-quicksmart-portal","category-quicksmarthome"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/simerr.une.edu.au\/quicksmart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/simerr.une.edu.au\/quicksmart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/simerr.une.edu.au\/quicksmart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simerr.une.edu.au\/quicksmart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simerr.une.edu.au\/quicksmart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2761"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/simerr.une.edu.au\/quicksmart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2764,"href":"https:\/\/simerr.une.edu.au\/quicksmart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2761\/revisions\/2764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/simerr.une.edu.au\/quicksmart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simerr.une.edu.au\/quicksmart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simerr.une.edu.au\/quicksmart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}