Off the website and into the classroom
How AERO is going to accelerate the use of evidence in education practice
The Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) has been funded by Australia’s nine education ministers to support education to become more evidence-based, in order to improve learning outcomes for children and young people. Even when evidence is compelling, proven effective practices are not necessarily the approaches most commonly used in schools. This presentation will look at why AERO considers implementation to be the biggest challenge to evidence-based practice, and what AERO will do about it.
Dr Jenny Donovan
Dr Jenny Donovan is the inaugural Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO). Prior to her appointment to this role, she established and led the Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation (CESE) as Executive Director for eight years.
Dr Donovan began her career as a high school teacher in Sydney’s western suburbs. She has worked in a number of education roles in operational and policy areas, including some years as Deputy Director of a not-for-profit education assessment agency at the University of New South Wales. She was Managing Director of the National Learning Progressions and Online Formative Assessment Initiative; a national priority project for Australian education ministers.
She holds a PhD in History from the University of Sydney.