English in the New Zealand Curriculum is one of seven curriculum statements covering the essential learning areas of the New Zealand curriculum. Reading is one of the sub-strands of this curriculum statement. ERO evaluated the quality of teaching of reading at Year 4 and Year 8 during Term 3, 2004.
This study is the fifth in an ongoing series of evaluations by ERO examining the quality of teaching of specific learning areas and skills in alignment with the National Education Monitoring Project (NEMP). NEMP (set up in 1995) assesses student achievement in different curriculum areas and skills on a four-yearly cycle, from a sample drawn from Year 4 and Year 8 in New Zealand schools. ERO’s evaluations focus on the quality of teaching of the learning areas selected by NEMP over the same cycle.