Browse the AERO collection

In formative assessment, you gather and interpret information about student learning as it is happening in your classroom. It helps you to adapt your teaching to meet student needs. 

See how the Year 1 teachers at Loxton Primary School use explicit instruction in their classroom.

Research, and the evidence it provides, helps educators be more intentional in their practice. It also guides important policy decisions to improve children’s outcomes and life trajectories.

There is a great deal of evidence that families play a critical role in their child’s learning. So how can primary school teachers and leaders best work with families to support student learning?

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

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.

Gabrielle Sinclair, CEO of the Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA), provides insight into 'what works' for continuous quality improvement in early childhood education and care.

The Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) recently surveyed teachers across Australia about how often they used specific teaching strategies.

Our experiences in the early years shape the developing brain, laying foundations for lifelong learning and resilience.

Australia needs high-quality evidence in early years education that can guide policy and practice decisions and help to improve children’s outcomes and life trajectories.

Findings from AERO’s recent survey help us to understand how early childhood teachers, early childhood directors, school teachers and school leaders use evidence in their work.