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Promoting equity for multilingual children in early childhood
This report explores the experiences, in early childhood education and care and at home, that appear to contribute to more equitable outcomes for emerging multilingual children.
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Fewer than 1 in 5 students who are behind in Year 3 catch up and stay caught up
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.
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Tiered literacy and numeracy interventions
In this article, Adam Inder shares findings from AERO’s Implementing Effective Tiered Interventions in Secondary Schools' project.
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Implementing effective tiered interventions in secondary schools: Survey of school and support staff
The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) conducted an online survey and a series of interviews as part of a project commissioned by the AERO. The survey and interviews were focused on students in Years 7 to 9 who lack the foundational literacy and numeracy skills that are required to engage with a secondary curriculum.
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Supporting students significantly behind in literacy and numeracy
This review aimed to identify gaps in knowledge about supporting students behind their peers in Years 7 and 9.
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Benchmarking performance: Future directions for Australia’s National Assessment Program
By examining literacy and numeracy results across assessments, we can better understand the performance of Australian students over time; we can pinpoint areas of national strength and weakness and improve Australia’s educational outcomes.
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NAPLAN results inform schools, parents and policy. But too many kids miss the tests altogether
We look at who is not sitting the tests and why that matters.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Catching up: How to close equity gaps in education
How do we close equity gaps in learning and development, and best support children from disadvantaged backgrounds to catch up to their more advantaged peers?