Professional learning is a commonly used strategy for helping teachers develop the skills and knowledge they need to use evidence-based practices in the classroom. This report presents the findings of a randomised trial in 17 primary and secondary schools in Western Australia examining the effectiveness of scalable 'booster' interventions as a follow-up to professional learning.

AVID Australia is a school improvement system that supports schools to advance teaching quality and students’ academic and wellbeing outcomes. This report addresses the question 'Is there evidence that AVID schools boost student outcomes?' The report uses data from Australia’s National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) to analyse school impact.

The project aimed to assist the NSW Department of Education in achieving multilingual communication within educational settings through the deployment of Large Language Models (LLMs). This report describes the findings which shed light on the expected performance of current LLMs for the specific use case of the department and provide a methodology for similar evaluations.

This paper discusses student participation and engagement with the National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests – factors that impact the quality and usefulness of the results. It provides the latest trends and highlights important considerations for the interpretation of students’ results and future implementation of NAPLAN.

Understanding the effective implementation of evidence-based practices in schools is a critical step to maximising educational outcomes for all students. The authors of this paper has been working closely with a small number of schools on the Learning Partner Project to learn about implementation in their settings and pilot an approach informed by implementation research...