This audio paper describes six effective practices common to NSW government schools that achieved high growth in NAPLAN between 2010 and 2014. These High Value-Add (HVA) schools showed a strong positive institutional culture that emphasised academic, professional and personal development and strong engagement among students, teachers and the leadership group.

Read by Natalie Johnston-Anderson, CESE.

Read the full paper:

https://www.cese.nsw.gov.au/publications-filter/six-effective-practices-in-high-growth-schools

This research has recently been extended in-depth in the new CESE publication, ‘Sustaining Success: A case study of effective practices in Fairfield HVA schools’. https://www.cese.nsw.gov.au/publications-filter/sustaining-success-a-case-study-of-effective-practices-in-fairfield-high-value-add-schools