Tū Toa Hostel - 27 April 2018
Published: 27 Apr 2018
ERO visited Tū Toa Hostel in March 2018.
- Audience:
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Basic page
- Topics:
- School hostels
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An Alternative Education? Support for our most disengaged young people
Published: 27 Jun 2023
Each year, Alternative Education provides education to over 2,000 young people who have been disengaged from education and who have high and complex needs. The Education Review Office (ERO), in partnership with the Social Wellbeing Agency (SWA), looked at how well the education system is supporting young people in Alternative Education. This study describes what we found and what is needed to significantly improve education for these young people.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
Starting School Together: What Do We Know?
Published: 26 May 2022
Starting school is a major childhood event. It can be an exciting time for children and their families. But it is a big change, and so it can also be an uncertain time. A good start at school sets children up to succeed at school. We looked to see how changing to cohort entry impacts on children, their peers, and whānau, as well as their schools and early childhood education services.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Early learning
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Te Ihuwaka
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
Learning in a Covid-19 World: The Impact of Covid-19 on Pacific Learners
Published: 09 May 2022
The disruptions caused by Covid-19 over the last two years have been challenging and long lasting. Auckland in particular has had many lockdowns and is where the majority of Pacific learners live.
Pacific communities have faced the challenges of Covid-19 with resilience and schools have put in a range of responses to support Pacific learners through the disruption. This report shines a light on these challenges and shares successful strategies.
- Audience:
- Education
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Te Ihuwaka
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
Growing Curiosity Teaching Strategies to Engage Years 5 to 11 Students in Science
Published: 12 Apr 2021
This report shares teaching approaches and strategies for Year 5 to Year 11 that ERO has identified in a range of schools where students were found to be highly engaged in science. This report should be seen as a resource for leaders and teachers looking to strengthen their teaching of science. It looks at Years 5-11 as they are the critical years for science engagement before learners make final choices on whether to continue in science.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Science
- Guidance
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
Collaboration in practice: insights into implementation
Published: 02 Apr 2019
This case study report features experiences of three Kāhui Ako and includes the strategies and approaches used to create, build, and strengthen collaboration between schools and early learning services to improve outcomes for learners.
- Audience:
- Early learning
- Education
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Collaboration
- Communities of Learning | Kāhui ako
Communities of Learning Kāhui Ako - Collaboration to Improve Learner Outcomes
Published: 25 Jan 2017
This publication is designed to support Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako by bringing together research findings about effective collaboration in education communities. It is supported by the publication Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako: working towards collaborative practice.
- Audience:
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Communities of Learning | Kāhui ako
- Collaboration to improve learner outcomes
- Pasifika
- Special education
Code of Conduct
Published: 06 Apr 2021
This code of conduct is for all Education Review Office staff and reinforces the spirit of service that we demonstrate in the way we carry out our work. It outlines expectations of us as public servants to act with professionalism and integrity and to carry out our official duties honestly, faithfully and efficiently, respecting the rights of the public and our colleagues.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Early learning
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Basic page
Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako in action
Published: 25 Jan 2017
This is the first of a series of iterative reports which draw together what ERO knows about CoL | Kāhui Ako, as they move from establishment to implementation.
- Audience:
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Communities of Learning | Kāhui ako
- Progress and Consistency Tool (PaCT)
Social Workers in Schools
Published: 29 Nov 2019
This ERO qualitative case study report undertaken on behalf of Oranga Tamariki captures the voices of children and their whanau who were recipients of the Social Workers in Schools (SWiS) service. SWiS is a government funded, community social work service provided in most English and Māori medium, decile 1-3 primary and intermediate schools.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Social Workers in Schools (SWiS)
- Social workers
- Primary
- Intermediate
- Pastoral care
- Case study
- Resilience
- Therapeutic care and education (TEC)
Te Kainga Wānanga - 27 April 2018
Published: 18 Apr 2018
ERO visited Te Kainga Wānanga in March 2018.
- Audience:
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Basic page
- Topics:
- School hostels
Te Kainga Huarahi - 27 April 2018
Published: 27 Apr 2018
ERO visited Te Kainga Huarahi in February 2018.
- Audience:
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Basic page
- Topics:
- School hostels
Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako: Working towards collaborative practice
Published: 25 Jan 2017
An additional resource to Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako: Collaboration to Improve Learner Outcomes. This resource is designed to support CoL | Kāhui Ako as they work towards effective collaborative practice. It is framed around key questions in each of the seven effective practice areas and is able to be used both as evidence-based progressions and as a useful internal evaluation tool.
- Audience:
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Communities of Learning | Kāhui ako
Working together: How teacher aides can have the most impact
Published: 30 Nov 2022
Teacher aides in Aotearoa New Zealand have a wide range of valued roles and responsibilities. We know that they can enhance learner outcomes by drawing on positive relationships, good training, collaborative practices, and cultural expertise. This report looks at what good teacher aide practice and support looks like and sets out four key areas of teacher aide practice that make a difference for learners – as well as what schools can do to set teacher aides up for success.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
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
Exploring Collaboration in Action: Kahukura Community of Practice
Published: 10 May 2021
ERO was approached by principals from Kahukura to document and evaluate their community of practice in Christchurch. This report identifies what is working well for this community of practice, areas where they might consider further enhancements, and lessons and insights into practices which could be shared with others.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Early learning
- Education
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Collaboration
- Decision making
- English-medium
- Evaluation
- Guidance
- Improvement
- Intermediate
- Internal evaluation
- Knowledge building
- Primary
- Relationships
- School leaders
- Schools
- Secondary
- Students
- Teachers | Kaiako
- Teaching
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
Schools: Evaluation for Improvement Approach: implementation case studies
Published: 29 Apr 2022
This report represents the final phase in the external evaluation of the initial implementation of the approach with the initial group of 75 schools. The intended audience for this report is ERO senior leadership team. It is intended that this report will be used formatively to consider opportunities for refinement and improvement of the approach.
- Audience:
- Education
- Schools
- Content type:
- Basic page
Te Tiriti o Waitangi/The Treaty of Waitangi
Published: 31 Mar 2021
ERO is guided by Te Tiriti o Waitangi - The Treaty of Waitangi. We work to ensure that as an organisation and a system we honour our obligations to Te Tiriti - The Treaty.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Early learning
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Basic page
Learning in residential care: They knew I wanted to learn
Published: 01 Jul 2021
Children and young people who are placed in Oranga Tamariki residential care are among the most at risk of poor outcomes later in life. Education can change that. This report looks at the quality of education for students in Oranga Tamariki Care and Protection and Youth Justice residences and how it can be improved.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
- At-risk students
- Behavioural needs
- Best practice
- Boys' education
- Child wellbeing
- Culture
- Education and care services
- Education outcomes
- Education transitions
- Equitable outcomes
- Good practice
- High needs
- Māori
- Physical and emotional safety
- Priority learners
- Raising achievement
- Social workers
- Teaching
- Te reo Māori
- Transitions
- Vulnerable learners
- Wellbeing
Stewardship: informed decision making
Published: 04 Sep 2017
At Manurewa Central School, the relationship between the principal and trustees is described in terms of how trust and confidence is built through effective listening and transparent reporting, interrogation and discussion of information.
- Audience:
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Improvement
- Stewardship
- Decision making
- Evaluation
- Video
- Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua