Research summaries

This research summary outlines research on culturally responsive teaching practices that create culturally safe learning environments.

This research summary presents key findings from a research project examining how specific aspects of quality relate to learning and development outcomes for children in Australia.

To understand which wellbeing programs and practices adopted by early childhood education and care (ECEC) services and schools improve children’s outcomes, it is necessary to measure and track children’s wellbeing. This research summary shares some preliminary learning from work the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) commissioned on developing wellbeing and belonging measures for children aged 3 to 8 years.

This document summarises key findings and recommendations from an analysis of Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) data conducted by AERO in 2022.

This evidence summary supports the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO)'s practice guide for transitions between school and OSHC. It describes the evidence base behind the guides and synthesises insights from available research.

This evidence summary supports AERO’s practice guide for transitions to school for children with disability or developmental delay.

This research collects information from educators, teachers and leaders working in ECEC about the place research and evidence has in their professional practice.

This research summary presents the key findings from 2 reports on better supporting students who enter secondary school with gaps in their foundational literacy and numeracy skills.

Summary of AERO's national snapshot providing a baseline of how evidence is used by teachers and leaders across Australian schools.

This methodology and annotated reading list describe the process AERO used to synthesise available research to develop our family engagement practice guides.

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. 

Partnering with Learning First, we investigated issues influencing the effective use of evidence in policy development through a desktop review and interviews with senior policymakers.