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- Institution
Provision for Māori Children in Early Childhood Services July 2008
Published: 28 Jul 2008
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.
- Audience:
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Māori
- Early childhood services
Review of Ngā Pou Here: Te Pou Mātauranga me te Pou Tikanga Whakaako
Published: 17 May 2021
ERO has commissioned several discussion papers from an academic advisory group to assist with the review of its review framework, Ngā Pou Here. This paper provides commentary on two of the framework’s four po, te pou Mātauranga and te pou Tikanga Whakaako, with particular emphasis on assessment for learning.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Early learning
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Basic page
A commentary on Ngā Pou Here, ERO’s framework for reviewing early childhood services
Published: 21 May 2021
- Audience:
- Academics
- Content type:
- Basic page
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
Te Ara Poutama Indicators of quality for early childhood education: what matters most
Published: 31 Mar 2021
Te Ara Poutama is the core of Ngā Ara Whai Hui: Quality Framework for Evaluation and Improvement in Early Childhood Services. This is the framework for ERO’s approaches to reviewing early childhood services. The indicators, for outcomes and processes, are a central resource for use by ERO and the services themselves in evaluating quality in early childhood education and identifying where improvement is needed.
- Audience:
- Early learning
- Education
- Parents
- Content type:
- Basic page
- Topics:
- Te Ara Poutama
- Ngā Ara Whai Hua
- Indicators
Review of ECE evaluation indicators: A leadership focus
Published: 24 May 2021
In her introduction, Thornton says that there is a lack of empirical research focused on effective leadership practice in early childhood education. This mirrors a silence on the subject in the original Te Whāriki (1996).
- Audience:
- Academics
- Content type:
- Basic page
Promoting and Supporting Improvement in Schools through External Review
Published: 28 May 2021
In this paper, Timperley begins by discussing the very limited nature of the research literature relating to the impacts of external reviews, adding that this has done nothing to dampen enthusiasm for them or to slow their spread. Nearly every educational jurisdiction that has an external review system mixes both accountability and improvement purposes, setting up an inherent tension.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Content type:
- Basic page
Evaluation Indicators for School Reviews: A theory for improving and revising the leading and managing indicators
Published: 27 May 2021
In this paper, Robinson discusses the inherent tension between evaluation for accountability and evaluation for improvement. As a means of managing this tension, the links between the two are often kept loose. The downside of this is that the school and external reviewers often end up evaluating different things instead of discussing why their judgments are at variance.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Content type:
- Basic page
Handbook of contractual obligations and undertakings – early childhood services
Published: 12 Apr 2021
This Handbook covers relevant legislation and requirements that early learning services and kōhanga reo must follow. Our review officers use this Handbook as part of their review. It does not represent the official versions of the Acts, regulations and other requirements. We recommend referring to the full legislation and requirements when needed.
- Audience:
- Early learning
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Content type:
- Basic page
- Topics:
- Early learning
- Home-based education
- Hospital-based education
- Kōhanga Reo
The Key Competencies: Realising the Potential of the New Zealand Curriculum
Published: 22 Nov 2019
This is a companion report to Developing Key Competencies in Students Years 1 to 8. It explores current thinking about the importance of building the capabilities of young people. It outlines what the Key Competencies (KCs) are, why they are important, New Zealand’s journey with thinking about the nature and potential uses of KCs, and where this development fits in the international context.
- Audience:
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Key competencies
- Curriculum
- Learning
Tuia te here tangata: Making meaningful connections
Published: 03 Mar 2016
In Term 3, 2014, ERO undertook a cluster review of five Puna Whakatupu as part of scheduled education reviews. During the course of these reviews, we identified a range of good practice that was investigated further and has become Tuia te here tangata: Making meaningful connections.
- Audience:
- Early learning
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Māori-medium
- Early learning
- Te Puna Whakatupu
Rethinking Governance Indicators for Effective School Review
Published: 28 May 2021
Wylie reports that there is very little research on the relationship between school governance and student learning. She suggests two reasons for this: (i) governance boards are not an essential feature of effective schools and (ii) it can be hard to separate the contribution of boards from that of school leaders, particularly where a board is school- based.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Content type:
- Basic page
Students learn best in safe and effective learning environments
Published: 25 Jul 2022
The responsibility of keeping tamariki safe while in the care of their school, kura, and early learning service is the responsibility of every adult.
In the education system, ERO plays an integral role in their protection by reviewing and having an oversight of effective child protection policies and processes. We aim to provide schools and early learning services with the ability to quickly identify any gaps in their policies and processes.
- Audience:
- Education
- Content type:
- News article
Framework for Kura Kaupapa Māori Reviews (English)
Published: 31 Mar 2021
Mai i te tau 2001, kua mahi ngātahi Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me Te Rūnanga Nui o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Aotearoa ki te whakawhanake me te aroturuki i tētahi tino rārangi tikanga e pā ana ki te arotake i ngā kura kaupapa Māori o Te Aho Matua.
- Audience:
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Schools
- Content type:
- Basic page
- Topics:
- Evaluation
- Te Aho Matua
- Kura
- Te Rūnanga Nui o ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Aotearoa
- Methodology
Evaluation indicators for ECE reviews: ERO’s conceptual framework: Ngā Pou Here
Published: 20 May 2021
In this paper Glasgow brings a Pacific voice to the debate about how the indicators should be revised. She argues that the care and education of young children has become infused with western, middle- class values and ideologies, institutionalised, normative, and separated from relationships and contexts. Following widespread consultation there was an expectation that Te Whāriki (1996) would directly speak to the needs of Pacific peoples, but this did not happen.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Content type:
- Basic page
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
Hauhaketia Ngā Taonga Tuku Iho Kia Puāwai Ai: Unearth Our Ancestral Treasures So that We May Prosper
Published: 31 Dec 2017
Evaluation insights by the ERO, alongside contributions from the Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust and kōhanga reo whānau inform the findings of this report, which highlights effective practice in kōhanga reo, specifically the support children need to grow and thrive through a quality immersion pathway.
- Audience:
- Early learning
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Kōhanga Reo
- Best practice
- Māori immersion
- Māori-medium
Responding to Diverse Cultures: Good Practice in Home-based Early Childhood Services
Published: 31 Jan 2022
This good practice report looks at how children’s cultures and languages can be reflected in everyday practice, supporting their learning and wellbeing. Drawn from home-based ECE settings, this new report is a collection of useful examples to inspire kaiako to grow their ability in culturally responsive teaching.
- Audience:
- Early learning
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre