Findings
This evaluation has been undertaken in the context of each school’s assessment practices and their progress in using The New Zealand Curriculum. This section presents the findings in relation to:
- schools’ progress in giving effect to, and using, The New Zealand Curriculum
- teachers’ use of assessment data
- school leaders’ use of student achievement information
- how schools were working with the National standards within The New Zealand Curriculum including:
- - how well school leaders, teachers and trustees understood the standards
- - awareness and use of the Ministry of Education self-review tool[1]
- - schools’ overall preparedness to work with the National Standards.
[1] See: http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/National-Standards/Self-review-tools.