Universal maths screening using curriculum-based measurement (CBM) provides the basis for greater efficiency in primary school teaching, with targeted intervention to improve outcomes, according to this paper. Although screening and intervention processes associated with multi-tiered support system models are only beginning to be used systematically in Australia, it has gained substantial support in the US...

Schools may be strategically manipulating participation in the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) to improve their public performance results, according to this research.

The National Assessment Program (NAP) is an important investment made by all Australian governments. It is an asset that helps measure the health of Australian school education. This report considers how the usefulness of the NAP can be enhanced to improve our evidence base about the successes and challenges of the Australian school system.

This paper aims to support early childhood education (ECE) practitioners and policy-makers by bringing together the available research on formative assessment, contextualised to early childhood education in New South Wales. Formative assessment is an educational practice that has broad applicability and support.

Ithaka S+R, an independent nonprofit research group, conducted this case study of FEATuring YOU, to document the development and implementation of the program, understand its value-added and potential for impact in the field, and make recommendations for future developments.