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This guide describes a set of teaching practices that have been found to improve student achievement by making instruction explicit.

Examples of practice demonstrate effective practice in different education settings. You can use them to think about how to apply the practice in your own context.

This checklist is a list of practical steps teachers can take to support the adoption of the evidence-based practice explicit instruction in their setting.

This rubric outlines a set of capabilities to do with the evidence-based practice of explicit instruction.

Explicit instruction breaks down what students need to learn into smaller learning outcomes and models each step. It allows students to process new information more effectively.

Formative assessment is a teaching practice that evidence says makes a difference. In this video, Melissa Garstang-Leary explains how she uses formative assessment in her English lessons.

This report summarises available evidence on writing and writing instruction.

This review aimed to identify gaps in knowledge about supporting students behind their peers in Years 7 and 9.

This report discusses AERO’s 2022 analysis of NAPLAN student writing data – the most extensive investigation into this area ever conducted in Australia. 

This is a summary of findings from AERO’s 2022 analysis of student writing data – the most extensive investigation into this area ever conducted in Australia. 

This report details how children's learning and development progresses in the early years of school, using findings from national linked data from the Australian Early Development Census and National Assessment Program.