Publications: National evaluations

In this section you'll find ERO's evaluation indicators and frameworks, national evaluations, effective practice reports, resources and guides, corporate publications and guides for parents. Use the search box at the top right or the filters below to find what you're looking for. 

Only current indicators and frameworks and other recent publications are published on this website. Please email us if you would like a full list of ERO publications or a copy of an older document.

1. Reading and Writing in Years 1 and 2

   • Publication Date: 2 December 2009
   • Print version available: No

   This Education Review Office (ERO) evaluation focused on how effectively reading and writing was taught in the first two years of schooling, and on how well teachers used assessment information to plan and evaluate their teaching.

   http://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/reading-and-writing-in-years-1-and-2/

   

2. Managing Professional Learning and Development in Primary Schools

   • Publication Date: 1 May 2009
   • Print version available: No

   This report discusses how well primary schools:• plan for PLD;• build a culture in which teachers learn and develop; and• monitor the effectiveness of teachers’ learning and development.

   http://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/managing-professional-learning-and-development-in-primary-schools/

   

3. Implementing Self Review in Early Childhood Services

   • Publication Date: 1 January 2009
   • Print version available: No

   The Education Review Office (ERO) undertook a national evaluation of the implementation of self review in 397 services in Terms 1, 2 and 3, 2008. The evaluation focused on how well self review was understood, supported and implemented in each service and the extent to which it led to improved management...

   http://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/implementing-self-review-in-early-childhood-services/

   

4. Partners in Learning: Parents' Voices

   • Publication Date: 1 September 2008
   • Print version available: No

   ERO is interested in what happens in the classroom and also in how parents and the community can help in the education of school students. We have therefore evaluated the way schools engage their parents, whānau and community.

   http://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/partners-in-learning-parents-voices/

   

5. Provision for Māori Children in Early Childhood Services July 2008

   • Publication Date: 28 July 2008
   • Print version available: No

   This Education Review Office (ERO) report is based on the findings of a study involving 16 early childhood services and one umbrella organisation undertaken as part of each service’s regular education review during Term 4, 2007.  

   http://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/provision-for-maori-children-in-early-childhood-services-july-2008/

   

6. Schools' Provision for Gifted and Talented Students

   • Publication Date: 1 June 2008
   • Print version available: No

   In 2008 the Education Review Office evaluated schools’ provision for gifted and talented students.

   http://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/schools-provision-for-gifted-and-talented-students/

   

7. The Quality of Assessment in Early Childhood Education

   • Publication Date: 1 November 2007
   • Print version available: No

   Assessment informs an early childhood service’s programme and educators’ teaching practices. ERO evaluated the quality of assessment in all the early childhood services reviewed in Terms 3 and 4, 2006.

   http://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/the-quality-of-assessment-in-early-childhood-education/

   

8. The Collection and Use of Assessment Information in Schools

   • Publication Date: 1 March 2007
   • Print version available: No

   Knowing what students know and can do is fundamental to effective teaching and students’ learning. Teachers need to assess student achievement to know whether or not their teaching is meeting the learning needs of their students.

   http://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/the-collection-and-use-of-assessment-information-in-schools/

   

9. Quality of Teaching Years 4 to 8 Health and Physical Activity

   • Publication Date: 1 March 2007
   • Print version available: No

   http://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/quality-of-teaching-years-4-to-8-health-and-physical-activity/