This report discusses AERO’s 2022 analysis of student writing data – the most extensive investigation into this area ever conducted in Australia.  

Numeracy is the application of mathematical concepts, with skills developing along trajectories from birth. This guide outlines practices to support numeracy in early learning settings.

Early literacy approaches support the development of foundational skills. This guide outlines key practices for supporting literacy in early learning settings.

Formative assessment refers to the variety of methods teachers use to gather and interpret information about student learning as learning is taking place. This guide outlines key practices for using formative assessment in the classroom.

This rubric outlines a set of capabilities to do with the evidence-based practice of formative assessment. It can help teachers and their teams implement formative assessment by demonstrating a shared understanding of what it looks like in practice.

Targeting sentence-level instruction is critical in order to develop foundational skills in writing. Sentence combining is an instructional technique used to improve sentence quality, complexity, and variety.

A writing instruction template for primary school principals and leaders.

The intent of this framework is to show how the school approaches and implements the effective teaching of writing and writing assessment, and to evaluate opportunities for further improvement. 

This publication summarises available evidence on writing and writing instruction. While the literature on writing instruction is modest compared with reading, and the quality of the research is variable, there are a number of findings and recommendations that can be drawn.

Exit slips are an easy way to gather formative assessment data after a lesson or sequence of learning. 

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.

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.