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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. 

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  1. Keeping children engaged and achieving through rich curriculum inquiries
    • Publication Date: 29 November 2018
    • Print version available: No
    This Education Review Office (ERO) report is one of a series of reports on teaching strategies that work. It features strategies and approaches that we observed in 40 primary schools selected from across New Zealand. These schools came from a database of 129 schools, all with rolls of 200 or...

    https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/keeping-children-engaged-and-achieving-through-rich-curriculum-inquiries/

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  4. Provision for Students in Activity Centres
    • Publication Date: 25 September 2018
    • Print version available: No
    There are 14 activity centres in New Zealand that cater for secondary school students (Years 9 ‑ 13) who are at risk of disengaging from mainstream schooling and at risk of low educational, social and vocational outcomes (see Appendix 1). Activity centres are established by agreement of the Minister of Education.

    https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/provision-for-students-in-activity-centres-2/

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  7. Building genuine learning partnerships with parents
    • Publication Date: 19 July 2018
    • Print version available: No
    This report shares strategies and approaches from schools that had contributed to improving achievement by developing genuine learning partnerships with parents. It also includes some simple strategies a few of the schools used to involve parents more in supporting the things children were learning at school.

    https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/building-genuine-learning-partnerships-with-parents/

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  9. Teen Parent Units
    • Publication Date: 5 July 2018
    • Print version available: No
    The Education Review Office (ERO) reviews Teen Parent Units (TPUs) on a three‑year cycle. During March and April, 2017 ERO investigated the quality of education provided by TPUs and the extent to which they supported positive outcomes for TPU students and their children.

    https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/teen-parent-units/

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  10. What drives learning in the senior secondary school?
    • Publication Date: 30 May 2018
    • Print version available: No
    This evaluation studies effective practice in schools’ senior curriculum. It contributes to the review being undertaken by the Ministry of Education (the Ministry) of the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA). The Ministry-led review focuses on the implementation of NCEA as the national assessment system for the senior years of...

    https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/what-drives-learning-in-the-senior-secondary-school/

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  11. Case studies
    • Publication Date: 28 May 2018
    • Print version available: No
    Improvement in Action brings to life ERO’s School Evaluation Indicators and illustrates what works to achieve successful outcomes for all children and young people in the education system.

    https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/case-studies/

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  14. Responding to Language Diversity in Auckland
    • Publication Date: 29 April 2018
    • Print version available: No
    Auckland is New Zealand’s most culturally diverse city, with over 100 ethnicities and more than 150 languages spoken on a daily basis. How are schools and early learning services in Auckland responding to this increasing cultural and language diversity? This question was the basis for a new evaluation published by...

    https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/responding-to-language-diversity-in-auckland/

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  15. Evaluation at a glance: A decade of assessment in New Zealand Primary Schools - Practice and trends
    • Publication Date: 24 April 2018
    • Print version available: No
    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.

    https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/evaulation-at-a-glance-a-decade-of-assessment-in-new-zealand-primary-schools-practice-and-trends/

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  17. Leading Innovative Learning in New Zealand Schools
    • Publication Date: 4 April 2018
    • Print version available: No
    The Education Review Office (ERO) visited 12 schools to see how they were preparing their students as 21st century learners. Leaders were innovative, rethinking and transforming teaching and learning to equip students with the knowledge, skills and qualifications required for their future.

    https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/leading-innovative-learning-in-new-zealand-schools-april-2018/

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