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Partnering with Learning First, we investigated issues influencing the effective use of evidence in policy development through a desktop review and interviews with senior policymakers.

Schools and services often have cultures of sharing and discussing evidence, but less support exists for practitioners to actively change their practice based on evidence.

Summary of AERO's national snapshot providing a baseline of how evidence is used by teachers and leaders across Australian schools.

This national snapshot presents findings on the current use of evidence by teachers and leaders in Australian schools. We examine attitudes towards evidence, and challenges and enablers in using evidence.

This research summary explains the methodology for a data analysis of students' backgrounds and their influence on literacy and numeracy achievement.

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.

This early childhood learning trajectory looks at children’s progress in executive functions, to help you plan the next steps in their learning and development.

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.

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. 

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

This example comes from a Year 7 English class where a formative assessment task was to gather data about students’ writing and interpretive skills.