This report provides practical ideas for investments to improve the quality and use of evidence in policy design, implementation, and evaluation. It highlights the opportunities and challenges ahead, as the demand for and supply of evidence continue to grow in a world with complex policy challenges.

Increasing a school's readiness for change has the potential to mitigate the negative impact on program implementation in an educational setting. This paper outlines strategies school leaders can use to increase their school’s readiness for change and highlights real-life examples from the Getting it Right from the Start (GIRFTS) project.

For nearly 10 years, Evidence for Learning (E4L) has helped great practice become common practice in schools and early childhood education by incubating a new national knowledge broker. Before E4L, research evidence was available for some, but not all. As the service moves on from Social Ventures Australia, the authors reflect on its contribution to...

This explainer outlines the key ideas for taking a staged approach to implementation. Using a staged approach to implementation is helpful for understanding implementation as a process that takes place in phases over time. The stages highlight a school's key activities and considerations throughout the implementation of an evidence-based practice and demonstrate that no one...

Implementation strategies are actions that support the implementation of evidence-based practices. These can include creating an implementation plan, holding regular progress meetings, modelling and coaching. To be effective, implementation strategies should be selected intentionally, taking into account school-specific barriers and enablers. This explainer outlines processes, frameworks and methods for selecting and prioritising implementation strategies. This...