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

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.

Note: nominations for the First Nations Expert Reference Group closed as at 20 November 2023. The group will ensure AERO's contribution to education research, policy and practices meet the needs of First Nations communities.

AERO commissioned 21 online focus groups with teachers, school leaders and early childhood educators to obtain first-hand views from educators on a range of issues.

See how the Year 6 teachers at Loxton Primary School work to create a focused classroom from the beginning of the year.

This checklist focuses on implementing a focused classroom. 

Maximise students’ on-task learning time by minimising disruptive behaviour and disengagement.

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.

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.