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Submission on the interim report for the National School Reform Agreement review

Focuses on reforms most likely to improve students’ educational outcomes

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An education rewrite is needed to change the narrative for student outcomes

Jenny Donovan discusses AERO's analysis of NAPLAN writing data and the importance of writing instruction. Originally published in The Mandarin.

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'But that would never work here' – Does context matter more than evidence?

Nobody knows more about students’ learning needs than their teachers and educators. So how should teachers and educators respond to research evidence about effective practice that is broad and does not appear to take account of contextual factors?

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Shape national education research and resources

The Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) is looking for educators, teachers and leaders from Australian schools and early childhood education and care (ECEC) services to prioritise and shape its research and resources.

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How the National Outside School Hours Services Alliance and AERO are working together to improve transitions

AERO has partnered with the National Outside School Hours Services Alliance (NOSHSA) to support continuity of learning and development for school-aged children as they move between out of school hours care (OSHC) services and school.

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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.

Submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiry into the NSRA

AERO submission to the Productivity Commission inquiry into the National School Reform Agreement (NSRA)

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What we don’t know (but want to learn) about professional learning

We’re yet to fully understand the critical features that make professional learning effective.

Agency publication

Consultation report

We asked the educators, teachers, education leaders and policymakers across Australia about what Australia's education evidence body should focus on.

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Improving use of evidence-based practices to better support students

There is broad consensus in the research community that certain practices such as formative assessment and explicit instruction improve student outcomes. But these practices are often complex and hard to implement, involving many different elements.

Two female students and one male student from different cultural backgrounds reading together in a classroom.

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.

3 male students happily conducting a science experiment wearing lab cots and goggles.

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.