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This practice guide is the fourth and final in the series and focuses on evaluating the processes and outcomes in the strategic plan.

This article explores some of the factors shown to impact school staff’s readiness for change and recommends 4 promising approaches.

AERO is collaborating with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) to examine readiness for change. This is the first research snapshot in a series of 3 that summarise learnings from readiness for change research undertaken as part of the Getting it Right from the Start (GIRFTS) project.

We identified 10 approaches to evidence-use commonly used by Australian school systems and sectors.

Formative assessment is a teaching practice that evidence says makes a difference. In this video, Melissa Garstang-Leary explains how she uses formative assessment in her English lessons.

Formative assessment is a teaching practice that evidence says makes a difference. In this video, Sue Davis explains how she uses formative assessment in her maths lessons.

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.

These tools can be used to examine your school’s approaches for engaging with families to support student learning.

This rubric outlines a set of capabilities to do with the evidence-based practice of formative assessment.

These checklists can be used to plan the implementation of your school’s approaches for engaging with families to support student learning.

Kerri Proctor, Head of English at Walford Anglican School for Girls, uses different formative assessment methods to track students' progress.