This guidance report provides evidence-based insights for how Australian education systems can most effectively support schools to take up and sustain evidence-based practices at scale. This report focuses specifically on how education systems can support schools in taking up and sustaining evidence‑based teaching practices effectively. It identifies key elements to support adoption of evidence.

The framework aims to support Australian primary and secondary schools and school systems to plan and deliver age and developmentally appropriate, evidence-based and expert-developed respectful relationships education. It sets out a national vision, outcomes and principles to guide consistent, high‑quality respectful relationships education across school communities, reflecting best practice.

This report investigates the challenge driven by the rapidly expanding use of artificial intelligence (AI) in schooling: the risk that students will outsource too much of the cognitive work that is crucial to establishing knowledge, skill and ‘thinking infrastructure’. The report includes specific recommendations for policy and teaching and learning strategies.

The report on government services provides information on the equity, effectiveness and efficiency of government services in Australia. This report provides performance reporting for early childhood education and care (ECEC), school education, and vocational education and training (VET). It finds increasing serious incidents reported in ECEC, school attendance decreasing and VET outcomes improving.

Effective implementation of evidence-based teaching practices in schools has the potential to benefit all Australian students. A deliberate and structured approach to implementation has been designed to support effective implementation in Australian schools. This discussion paper details why implementation matters and how the approach has been developed, tested and refined.