Federal and state/territory governments are kicking in $50m for a national evidence institute on school education

Jenny Donovan, now NSW Government ed stats person, will lead. Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan, who put up half the money says, “the institute will research and collate effective teaching and learning practices and share them with teachers, principals and educators to help drive further improvements.”

The institute was recommended by the 2018 Gonski Review which called for an agency to create a national research and evidence base, “that can be easily accessed and implemented to improve student outcomes.”