Learner Dispositions in Action: Resilience, Resourcefulness and Reflection
From Clarity to Action: Responding to Learner Variability in the Primary Classroom
In today’s classrooms, the challenge of responding thoughtfully and effectively to learner variability is a central focus for primary educators across Australia. Essential Assessment (EA) recently hosted a thought leadership webinar panel with two experienced educators: Judith McMurrich, Instructional Leader at St Andrew’s Primary School Marayong (NSW) and Kellie Fletcher, Deputy Principal at Canungra State […]
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 […]
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 […]
How can NAPLAN and Essential Assessment be used together?
by Jacinta Browning, Assessment & Analytics Consultant How can NAPLAN and Essential Assessment (EA) be used together to build a clearer, more accurate picture of student learning? This blog unpacks what NAPLAN reliably shows, what EA adds to the picture, and how the two can work in conjunction to strengthen mathematics teaching and learning. What […]
Preparing for 2026 Rollover and End-of-Year Data Audit – Video
Preparing for 2026 Rollover and End-of-Year Data Audit (Subscriber-only)
Preparing for End-of-Year Reporting Webinar (Subscriber-only) – Video
