I am so excited by our work at @ImpAssessment this year. The work the team is doing have the potential to change the way that schools generate, interpret and use assessment information.
A short 🧵 with some of the cool new things we are working on.
New open access article 🔓
Transforming evidence into practice for reading and spelling instruction: a descriptive study of six Victorian primary schools.
@tserry2504 Lisa Furlong & @PamelaSnow2
https://t.co/cs6koKYiJq
1/3 of AUS school children can't read proficiently. In response, all state & territory govt have now mandated that explicit instruction (EI) be used to teach reading in schools. Can EI turn things around? Listen to @JennyDonovan2 from @EdResearchAU
https://t.co/mcqeFEnxiN
TEACHERS: FROM NOVICE TO EXPERT
@victorialynne99 (@ALearnerToolkit) breaks down the journey from novice to expert in teaching. Discover how educators evolve, adapt, and empower others using the TRIM framework. It's all about context, strategy, and accountability!
🎧Listen to the full episode here:
https://t.co/lTKATpaGrY
Education academics seem to think that invoking the word "neoliberal" is a killer argument against anything they don't like. The authors of this critique of AERO lasted all of 3 sentences before bringing it up.
It's such a poor line of argument. If you're going to argue against evidence then use better evidence, not ideology. https://t.co/jpFbeFCBXd
@learnwithmrlee@msrebeccabirch This is interesting and makes a lot of sense. Insert learning strategies for, healthy eating, exercise, saving money etc. it’s not the knowledge of what to do, but building the habits? Good old human behaviour!
Principals should act now to improve their schools’ approach to maths teaching, researchers from @GrattanInst warn in a new guide for leaders that reveals exactly how seven ‘lighthouse’ schools have transformed maths outcomes for the better.
https://t.co/JhCZVypAaI