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This practice guide provides evidence-based, practical advice for teachers on how to teach sentence combining in the context of their classrooms.

See how Amber Turner, a French teacher at Alfred Deakin High School, uses spacing and retrieval practice in her classes.

Implementation checklists are a list of practical steps you can take to support the implementation of an evidence-based practice in your setting.

This guide outlines key practices for using spacing and retrieval in the classroom.

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.

The following case study has been created by Schools Plus, with support from Clarke Road School, as an example of how to support complex learners through family engagement practices.

The following case study has been created by Schools Plus, with the support of Darling Heights State School, as an example of engaging with families to support student learning in primary school.

Survey findings and practical guidance from an AERO and Monash Q Project collaboration

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

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.

Using evidence-based practices (EBPs), and using them well, is a critical way to improve student outcomes. Evidence-based practices are educational approaches that are backed up by research evidence.