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Article
How ready is your school for change? Considerations when introducing new initiatives, programs and models to your school community
This article explores some of the factors shown to impact school staff’s readiness for change and recommends 4 promising approaches.
Article
Why AERO is working to support a whole-school approach to writing
Christine Jackson and Annie Fisher discuss the need to support teachers to teach writing in all subject areas.
Article
One in five secondary students has not mastered basic skills: How do schools help them to catch up?
New research from the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) and Monash University has identified a potential solution that could dramatically improve learning for those students who are significantly behind their peers.
Research summary
Supporting secondary students lacking foundational literacy and numeracy skills
This summary presents the key findings from 2 reports on better supporting students who enter secondary school with gaps in their foundational literacy and numeracy skills.
Research report
Use of evidence-based practices in schools: National snapshot
Using evidence-based practices (EBPs), and using them well, is a critical way to improve student outcomes. Evidence-based practices are educational approaches that are backed up by research evidence.
Practice guide
Working with external organisations to use evidence: Case study
A case study of schools that have worked with external organisations to improve students’ reading and literacy skills.
Practice guide
Engaging with families of children with disability: Schools practice guide
This resource details engagement strategies for families of children with disability. It uses findings from AERO's family engagement for early learning practice guides.
Project
Implementing effective tiered interventions in secondary schools
This project aims to use research to help schools and school systems support students struggling with literacy and numeracy.
Practice guide
Supporting complex learners through family engagement: Case study
The following case study has been created by Schools Plus, with support from Clarke Road School, as an example of how to support complex learners through family engagement practices.
Practice resource
Explicit instruction rubric
This rubric outlines a set of capabilities to do with the evidence-based practice of explicit instruction.
Practice guide
Sentence combining
This practice guide provides evidence-based, practical advice for teachers on how to teach sentence combining in the context of their classrooms.
Research report
Evidence use in schools – how do teachers say they are supported?
Our national survey has found that Australian schools often have cultures of sharing and discussing evidence, but less support is available for teachers to actively change their practice based on evidence.