Building Assessment-Capable Learners through Intentional Assessment Routines
A case study: St Mary’s and St Laurence’s, Catholic Primary Schools, Dubbo At the commencement of 2026, St Mary’s School, Dubbo and St Laurence’s, Dubbo, both located within the Diocese of Bathurst, identified the development of assessment-capable students as a shared strategic priority. Both schools are long-standing subscribers to Essential Assessment (EA), with established assessment […]
Improving Numeracy Outcomes Through Targeted Daily Review Using My Numeracy
Focus: Number and Algebra Target Group: NSW Common Grade Cohorts School: Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic School, Wyoming (NSW) Rationale (Why) Semester 1 2025 data from Essential Assessment (EA) reveals mixed progress across year levels in the Number and Algebra strand: No year level achieved the expected growth benchmark of 0.5 curriculum levels when […]
A Mathematics Achievement & Growth Case Study
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School in Kincumber partnered with Essential Assessment to support clear, consistent assessment practices and performance. Holy Cross Catholic Primary School is a warm, community-centred K–6 school of approximately 296 students within Catholic Schools Broken Bay (CSBB). Over the past three years, the school has worked deliberately to build consistent, curriculum-aligned assessment […]
A Whole-School Commitment to Progress at Tambrey Primary
Tambrey’s integrated growth narrative, with a future focus Tambrey Primary School, located near Karratha in Western Australia, is named after one of the district’s earliest cattle stations. The school serves the suburbs of Tambrey, Jingari, Nickol, and Nickol West, and caters to approximately 700 students from diverse social and cultural backgrounds. With an Index of […]
Growing and Thriving Through Assessment: Marymount’s Data Journey
Marymount Catholic Primary School, Burleigh Waters, part of the Brisbane Catholic Education (BCE) network, has been an Essential Assessment (EA) subscriber since September 2023, embedding assessment for learning as a cornerstone of its data-informed teaching practice. Serving 980 students across 38 classes, Marymount school has demonstrated a deliberate and strategic approach to using assessment data to strengthen […]
Preparing for 2026 Rollover and End-of-Year Data Audit – Video
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The Story So Far – Tambrey Primary School (WA)
Abstract Tambrey Primary School, located near Karratha, Western Australia, has demonstrated how a consistent, whole-school approach to assessment and data-informed teaching can support measurable growth in student learning. Since implementing Essential Assessment in mid-2023, the school has embedded systematic practices across Years 2–6, using curriculum-aligned assessments to build a shared language of learning, inform responsive […]
Engaging and Explicit Instruction with My Literacy Webinar (Subscriber-only) – Video
The Grattan Institute’s Maths Guarantee and Essential Assessment — What It Means for School Leaders
In April 2025, the Grattan Institute released The Maths Guarantee: How to Boost Students’ Learning in Primary Schools, a landmark report addressing the urgent and pressing need to lift maths outcomes nationwide. One in three Australian primary students is not proficient in maths, and our international standings are declining. The Grattan Institute’s report presents a […]