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Practice guide
Engaging with families of children who are in out-of-home care: Schools practice guide
This resource details strategies for engaging with families of children in out-of-home care (OOHC) to support children’s learning and development outcomes.
Research report
Early childhood data in Australia: Scoping report
This report aims to guide and catalyse further work towards building a better early childhood education and care (ECEC) system to serve all Australian children and families.
Practice resource
Using the practice: Executive function and self-regulation
This resource outlines some strategies to embed the development of executive function and self-regulation in your early childhood education and care setting.
Article
Does background determine student achievement?
A new analysis of NAPLAN data reconfirms that while students’ backgrounds influence their literacy and numeracy achievement, their results are not wholly determined by socio-economic background.
Research summary
Examining equity in NAPLAN achievement
This research summary explains the methodology for a data analysis of students' backgrounds and their influence on literacy and numeracy achievement.
Article
Catching up: How to close equity gaps in education
How do we close equity gaps in learning and development, and best support children from disadvantaged backgrounds to catch up to their more advantaged peers?
Explainer
Spacing and retrieval
Spacing and retrieval involves separating learning over multiple lessons and providing opportunities for students to recall what they have learned. This helps to commit learning to long-term memory.
Practice resource
Spacing and retrieval implementation checklist
Implementation checklists are a list of practical steps you can take to support the implementation of an evidence-based practice in your setting.
Practice resource
Spacing and retrieval: Example of practice
Examples of practice demonstrate effective practice in different education settings. You can use them to think about how to apply the practice in your own context.
Article
Research gives insight into the power of early years education to improve outcomes for Australia’s most vulnerable children
Australia needs high-quality evidence in early years education that can guide policy and practice decisions and help to improve children’s outcomes and life trajectories.
Practice guide
Executive function and self-regulation
This guide outlines key practices for supporting Executive function and self-regulation in early learning settings.
Practice guide
Spacing and retrieval practice guide
This guide outlines key practices for using spacing and retrieval in the classroom.