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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. 

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. Current Provision of Pacific Bilingual Education

   • Publication Date: 16 August 2019
   • Print version available: No

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   https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/current-provision-of-pacific-bilingual-education/

   

2. It's Early Days for the New Digital Technologies Curriculum Content

   • Publication Date: 31 July 2019
   • Print version available: No

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   https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/its-early-days-for-the-new-digital-technologies-curriculum-content/

   

3. NCEA Observational Studies

   • Publication Date: 16 July 2019
   • Print version available: No

   The National Certificate for Educational Achievement (NCEA) was introduced as the main school qualification between 2002 and 2004. Several refinements have been made over the years, including new endorsement practices introduced in 2007 for standards and 2010 for courses.

   https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/ncea-observational-studies/

   

4. Preparedness to implement Te Whāriki (2017)

   • Publication Date: 27 June 2019
   • Print version available: No

   pdf (797 KB)

   https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/preparedness-to-implement-te-whariki-2017/

   

5. Keeping children engaged and achieving in writing

   • Publication Date: 11 June 2019
   • Print version available: No

   This report shares some of the strategies and approaches used by schools who had focused on improving achievement in writing. It also shares some simple strategies used in classrooms where achievement in writing had been accelerated.

   https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/keeping-children-engaged-and-achieving-in-writing/

   

6. Bullying Prevention and Response in New Zealand Schools May 2019

   • Publication Date: 13 May 2019
   • Print version available: No

   Bullying is a serious issue in New Zealand schools and more generally within New Zealand society.

   https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/bullying-prevention-and-response-in-new-zealand-schools-may-2019/

   

7. Bullying Prevention and Response: Student Voice May 2019

   • Publication Date: 13 May 2019
   • Print version available: No

   This report focuses on Years 4 to 13 students’ experience of bullying prevention and response in schools. The information was collected via a voluntary online survey in 136 New Zealand schools during Terms 1 and 2, 2018.

   https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/bullying-prevention-and-response-student-voice-may-2019/

   

8. Collaboration in practice: insights into implementation

   • Publication Date: 2 April 2019
   • Print version available: No

   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.

   https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/collaboration-in-practice-insights-into-implementation/

   

9. Pacific Strategy 2019-2022

   • Publication Date: 21 March 2019
   • Print version available: No

   ERO's Pacific Strategy contains five goals to deliver success for Pacific learners:1. Pacific children and young people are lifelong learners and succeeding as culturally-located learners2. Pacific learners are confident in their languages, cultures and identities3. Pacific early learning services provide high quality education that reflects the priorities and aspirations of...

   https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/pacific-strategy/

   

10. 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/

    

11. Briefings

    • Publication Date: 26 November 2018
    • Print version available: No

    This is where we publish our briefing reports.

    https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/briefings/

    

12. Engaging with Te Whāriki (2017)

    • Publication Date: 15 November 2018
    • Print version available: No

    New Zealand’s early childhood curriculum, Te Whāriki, was updated in April, 2017. Te Whāriki (2017) reflects the changes in theory, practice and early learning contexts that have occurred over the last 20 years. ERO is undertaking a series of evaluations focused on the implementation of Te Whāriki in early learning...

    https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/engaging-with-te-whariki-2017/

    

13. Annual Report 2017/18

    • Publication Date: 7 November 2018
    • Print version available: No

    Our annual report sets out the operating context, our strategic direction, what we aimed to achieve over the previous 12 months, and what we did achieve.

    https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/annual-report-201718/

    

14. 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. Activity centres are established by agreement of the Minister of Education.

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

    

15. Promoting wellbeing through sexuality education

    • Publication Date: 12 September 2018
    • Print version available: No

    This report provides findings from ERO's evaluation of how well schools were promoting and supporting student wellbeing through sexuality education.

    https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/promoting-wellbeing-through-sexuality-education/

    

16. Official Information Act responses

    • Publication Date: 1 August 2018
    • Print version available: No

    This is where we publish redacted Official Information Act responses.

    https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/official-information-act-responses/

    

17. 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/

    

18. Awareness and confidence to work with Te Whāriki (2017)

    • Publication Date: 12 July 2018
    • Print version available: No

    In this evaluation, ERO wanted to find out how aware and confident leaders and kaiako in early learning services were as they began to work with the updated curriculum, Te Whāriki (2017).

    https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/awareness-and-confidence-to-work-with-te-whariki-2017/

    

19. 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/

    

20. 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/