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Research summary
Cultural responsiveness in education
This research summary outlines research on culturally responsive teaching practices that create culturally safe learning environments.
Practice guide
Choosing, monitoring and modifying reading interventions in MTSS
This practice guide explains how to select and manage targeted reading interventions to support students struggling with foundational reading skills. It’s the fourth part of a series of guidance created in partnership with DSF.
Practice guide
Choosing reading assessments in MTSS
This practice guide explains how to select and administer student reading assessments in an MTSS approach, including identifying important criteria when choosing reading assessments. It’s the third part of a series of guidance created in partnership with DSF.
Practice resource
Example reading assessment tools in MTSS
This practice resource provides examples of reading assessments Australian secondary schools can use in an MTSS framework. It forms part of a series of guidance created in partnership with DSF.
Practice guide
Using assessments to support an MTSS framework
This practice guide draws on evidence to help secondary school leaders understand assessments and strategies used to support students in an MTSS framework.
Practice guide
Monitor progress
This practice guide will help teachers check that students understand and can apply new knowledge and skills, and give additional instruction, guidance or feedback where necessary.
Article
Fewer than 1 in 5 students who are behind in Year 3 catch up and stay caught up
We found less than 1 in 5 students who perform below the national minimum standards in literacy and numeracy in the Year 3 NAPLAN tests catch up and stay caught up.
Video
Formative assessment in science
Formative assessment is a teaching practice that evidence says makes a difference. In this video, Darcie Clarke explains how she uses formative assessment in her science lessons.
Practice resource
Formative assessment rubric
This rubric outlines a set of capabilities to do with the evidence-based practice of formative assessment.
Article
There is no such thing as an ‘average’ school
We might associate ‘top schools’ with having the lion's share of academic high-achievers. However, when we look at the distribution of achievement across all students within schools and compare it to average differences between schools, the story is not so straightforward.
Video
Formative assessment at Walford Anglican School for Girls
Kerri Proctor, Head of English at Walford Anglican School for Girls, uses different formative assessment methods to track students' progress.
Practice resource
Formative assessment: Teacher checklist
This checklist is a list of practical steps teachers can take to support the adoption of the evidence-based practice formative assessment in their setting.