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Article
Ten approaches to supporting evidence use across Australian school systems
We identified 10 approaches to evidence-use commonly used by Australian school systems and sectors.
Research report
Writing development: What does a decade of NAPLAN data reveal?
This report discusses AERO’s 2022 analysis of NAPLAN student writing data – the most extensive investigation into this area ever conducted in Australia.
Research summary
Writing development: NAPLAN data analysis summary
This is a summary of findings from AERO’s 2022 analysis of student writing data – the most extensive investigation into this area ever conducted in Australia.
Practice guide
Engaging with families at Canning Vale Prekindy: Case study
This case study has been created by the Canning Vale Prekindy (CVPK) team. It demonstrates how they engage with families and the benefits of this interaction for children’s educational outcomes.
Practice resource
Family engagement audit tool: Secondary
Secondary school teachers and leaders can use these tools to examine their school’s approaches to engaging with families to support student learning.
Practice resource
Family engagement audit tool: Primary
Primary school teachers and leaders can use these tools to examine their school’s approaches to engaging with families to support student learning.
Article
It takes a village: The importance of family engagement for supporting learning
Building on family engagement practice guides for early childhood, primary and secondary school levels, AERO has released a new suite of promising approaches audit tools, family engagement implementation checklists and case studies.
Research report
Early childhood data in Australia: Scoping report
This report aims to guide and catalyse further work towards building a better early childhood education and care (ECEC) system to serve all Australian children and families.
Practice resource
Evidence decision-making tool for policymakers
A tool to help policymakers use evidence to make decisions about a new or existing policy, program or other initiative based on AERO’s Standards of Evidence.
Practice resource
Family engagement implementation checklists: Secondary
Secondary school teachers and leaders can use these checklists to plan the implementation of their school’s approaches to engaging with families to support student learning.
Article
Does background determine student achievement?
A new analysis of NAPLAN data reconfirms that while students’ backgrounds influence their literacy and numeracy achievement, their results are not wholly determined by socio-economic background.
Article
There is no such thing as an ‘average’ school
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.