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The Quality of Assessment in Early Childhood Education

Published: 01 Nov 2007

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.

Services were at varying stages in their understanding and implementation of assessment practices, as not all had yet participated in professional development.

Audience:: Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Assessment; Early Childhood Education (ECE); Te Whāriki; Kei Tua o te Pae/Assessment for Learning: Early Childhood Exemplars; Early childhood services

He Pou Tātaki: How ERO reviews hospital-based education and care services

Published: 31 Mar 2021

This document is the result of a collaborative effort between ERO and representatives from hospital-based education and care services. It will support improved service performance and accountability, and focuses on how well placed hospital-based services are to contribute to children’s learning, and promote their wellbeing.

Audience:: Early learning; Education

Content type:: Basic page

Topics:: Hospital-based education; Evaluation; Ngā Pou Here; Evaluation indicators

Accelerating student achievement: a resource for schools

Published: 31 May 2013

This resource can be used with the School Evaluation Indicators. It brings together findings from ERO’s recent national reports to outline what works to accelerate progress for Māori students at-risk of underachieving in primary schools. We share approaches schools have taken where progress was accelerated and schools were able to extend their practices to help more students succeed. Innovative schools focus on inequity within their student population, resulting in improved outcomes for Māori students.

Audience:: Education; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Achievement; Resources; Māori student achievement; Inquiry

School Evaluation Indicators

Published: 31 Mar 2021

The Education Review Office (ERO) first introduced evaluation indicators in 2003, revising them in 2010. This new version reflects a deepening understanding of how schools improve, and the role that evaluation plays in that process. It also reflects a strengthened relationship between ERO’s approaches to evaluation in English-medium and Māori-medium settings. It supports external and internal evaluation of schools.

Audience:: Education; Schools

Content type:: Basic page

Topics:: Evaluation indicators; Indicators

The Collection and Use of Assessment Information: Good Practice in Primary Schools

Published: 01 Jun 2007

ERO evaluated the collection and use of assessment information in schools in 2006. The evaluation concluded that more work can be done to improve assessment practice in schools. This report builds on this finding by giving examples of good practice in the collection and use of assessment information in primary schools. The report also includes three detailed case studies.

Audience:: Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Good practice; Assessment

Teaching as Inquiry: Responding to Learners

Published: 19 Jul 2012

This is ERO’s second national evaluation report on the extent to which schools have processes in place to support teaching as inquiry. It also looks at the specific inquiry approaches teachers use in classrooms.

Audience:: Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Inquiry; Evaluation; Curriculum; Collaboration

Evaluation at a glance: A decade of assessment in New Zealand Primary Schools - Practice and trends

Published: 24 Apr 2018

High quality assessment and evaluation allows us to focus on student progress and outcomes at classroom, school and system levels. It helps teachers, schools and systems to report on student achievement across points in time, and provide information for parents, trustees and the public about the quality of education.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Evaluation; Assessment; Formative assessment; The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS); The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS); Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA); National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA)

Raising achievement in primary schools

Published: 30 Jun 2014

This national report presents the findings of how well a sample of primary schools were taking actions to increase the number of students achieving 'at' or 'above' national standards.The findings show that half of the schools in the evaluation had used deliberate actions to support students to accelerate progress and sustain achievement.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Raising achievement; Primary; Equitable outcomes; Accelerated learning; Evaluation indicators; Education outcomes

Visible professional learning

Published: 04 Sep 2017

At McAuley High School, classroom teacher observations are a frequent occurrence and students report how they regard this as teachers actively modelling learning behaviour.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Improvement; Professional development; Professional capability; Evaluation indicators; Video; Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

The Collection and Use of Assessment Information: Good Practice in Secondary Schools

Published: 01 Jun 2007

ERO evaluated the collection and use of assessment information in schools in 2006. The evaluation concluded that more work can be done to improve assessment practice in schools. This complementary report aims to help secondary schools review their assessment practice. It highlights characteristics common to high quality assessment practices and includes examples of good practice.

Audience:: Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Secondary; Assessment

The Collection and Use of Assessment Information in Schools

Published: 01 Mar 2007

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.

In 2006, ERO evaluated how effectively schools collected and used assessment information. This report details the findings of that evaluation and recommends what can be done to make assessment practices in schools more effective.

Audience:: Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Assessment; Assessment information

Using data to determine the conversation that needs to be had

Published: 04 Sep 2017

At McAuley High School, the use of student achievement data and other evidence is the catalyst for determining who needs to be part of the discussion to seek solutions and establish next steps.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Improvement; Leadership; Evaluation indicators; Video; Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

Professional learning

Published: 04 Sep 2017

Professional learning reflects the approach that has been established for students. Learning is differentiated with multiple opportunities for engagement and structure in manageable steps.

This video was filmed at McAuley High School.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Improvement; Professional development; Professional capability; Evaluation indicators; Video; Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

Professional inquiry

Published: 04 Sep 2017

Inquiry is at the heart of what drives improvement and innovation at McAuley High School.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Improvement; Professional development; Evaluation; Knowledge building; Evaluation indicators; Professional capability; Video; Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

NCEA Observational Studies

Published: 16 Jul 2019

Audience:: Education; Māori-medium; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA); Observational Studies; Curriculum; Pedagogy; Assessment; Wellbeing; Pathways