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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. Briefing for the Incoming Minister

   • Publication Date: 15 December 2020
   • Print version available: Yes

   This briefing provides general background information on the Education Review Office (ERO). The purpose is to provide a summary description of ERO’s role and functions and give the new Minister sufficient information to meet initial requirements.

   https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/briefing-for-the-incoming-minister/

   

2. Annual Report 2019/20

   • Publication Date: 11 December 2020
   • Print version available: Yes

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   https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/annual-report-201920/

   

3. Learning in a Covid-19 World

   • Publication Date: 10 December 2020
   • Print version available: No

   In Aotearoa, Māori-medium education experienced significant disruption when the outbreak of Covid-19 forced kura to close their doors, and whānau and kaiako to adjust to home schooling and distance learning.

   https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/learning-in-a-covid-19-world/

   

4. Nihinihi Whenua – Valuing te reo Māori: Student and whānau aspirations

   • Publication Date: 15 September 2020
   • Print version available: No

   This report provides a snapshot of student and whānau perspectives on the teaching of te reo Māori. It follows the June publication of Te Tāmata Huaroa, which provides a review of the current status of te reo Māori in English medium school settings.

   https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/nihinihi-whenua/

   

5. Covid-19: Impact on schools and early childhood services interim report

   • Publication Date: 28 August 2020
   • Print version available: No

   ERO has a comprehensive and fast-tracked work programme underway to understand the ongoing impact of Covid-19 on students, services and schools, and on teaching and learning in Aotearoa New Zealand in the English and Māori medium education sectors.

   https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/covid-19-impact-on-schools-and-early-childhood-services-interim-report/

   

6. Strategic Intentions

   • Publication Date: 30 June 2020
   • Print version available: Yes

   The Education Review Office (ERO)'s Strategic Intentions 2020-2024 sets out our objectives and how ERO contributes to the Government's priorities for education.

   https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/strategic-intentions/

   

7. Overseas Trained Teachers: Adjusting to living and working in New Zealand

   • Publication Date: 19 June 2020
   • Print version available: No

   This report serves to shine some light on the experiences of teachers who have come from overseas to teach in New Zealand. It is based on data collected from a voluntary survey of teachers and principals of the school where they are employed.

   https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/overseas-trained-teacher/

   

8. Te Tāmata Huaroa: Te Reo Māori in English-medium Schooling

   • Publication Date: 18 June 2020
   • Print version available: No

   This report gives a snapshot of the current provision of te reo Māori teaching and learning in a representative sample of English-medium primary and secondary schools. The education sector is seen as an important lever in the Government’s Maihi Karauna strategy for language revitalisation.

   https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/te-tamata-huaroa-te-reo-maori-in-english-medium-schooling/

   

9. Covid-19: Learning in Lockdown

   • Publication Date: 18 June 2020
   • Print version available: No

   ERO is undertaking a programme of work to learn the lessons from the lockdown and to support the education system, schools and early childhood centres to respond to the disruption to education caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

   https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/covid-19-learning-in-lockdown/

   

10. Social Workers in Schools

    • Publication Date: 8 April 2020
    • Print version available: No

    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...

    https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/social-workers-in-schools/

    

11. Te Ara Poutama – indicators of quality for early childhood education: what matters most

    • Publication Date: 6 April 2020
    • Print version available: No

    Te Ara Poutama – indicators of quality for early childhood education: what matters most is an important part of our new approach to evaluating quality in centre based services. Akarangi | Quality Evaluation focuses on the extent to which early childhood services have the learning and organisational conditions to enable...

    https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/te-ara-poutama-indicators-of-quality-for-early-childhood-education-what-matters-most/

    

12. On Your Marks...Get Set...Go! A Tale of Six Schools and the Digital Technologies Curriculum Content

    • Publication Date: 23 January 2020
    • Print version available: No

    ERO conducted case studies of six schools’ implementation of the digital technologies curriculum content in Term 1, 2019. Schools that had successfully integrated the curriculum had leaders who promoted a growth mindset for teachers and looked to integrate digital technologies into existing curriculum.

    https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/on-your-marks-get-set-go-a-tale-of-six-schools-and-the-digital-technologies-curriculum-content-2/