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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.

This editable lesson plan template was produced by Ochre Education and the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO).

This editable unit plan template was produced by Ochre Education and the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO).

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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