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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

Partnership with Whānau Māori in Early Childhood Services

Published: 01 Feb 2012

In this evaluation Partnership with Whānau Māori in Early Childhood Education, ERO focused on the extent to which:

  • services understood and valued the identity, language and culture of Māori children and their whānau, particularly when the child and whānau enter the service
  • managers and educators built positive relationships with the whānau of Māori children; and
  • each service worked in partnership with the whānau of Māori children. 
Audience:
Māori-medium
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Whānau
Early childhood services
Identity
Language
Culture

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

Inclusion of Children with Special Needs in Early Childhood Services

Published: 11 Dec 2015

This national report presents the findings of ERO's recent evaluation of how well early childhood services include children with moderate to severe special needs. This evaluation supports the Government's priority for every child to have the opportunity to participate in early childhood education (ECE).

Audience:
Education
Māori-medium
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Special education
Education Support Workers
Disability action groups

A Great Start? Education for Disabled Children in Early Childhood Education - summary

Published: 28 Sep 2022

Quality early childhood education (ECE) affects how well all children do at school and in life – from academic achievement and earning potential to health and wellbeing. Quality ECE supports children to develop the social, emotional, communication, cognitive, and motor skills which enable them to thrive. This is particularly critical for disabled children as it sets the foundation for their future learning.

Audience:
Academics
Early learning
Education
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre

Te Uepū ā-Motu – The evaluation and review team

Published: 06 Apr 2021

Te Uepu Ā Motu is the evaluation and review group responsible for working with education providers across the Māori-medium paradigm.

Audience:
Academics
Early learning
Education
Māori-medium
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Basic page

He Iho Ruruku - Te Aho Matua perspectives

Published: 28 Jan 2022

In March 2020, the onset of COVID-19 caused major disruptions to key services in Aotearoa including the compulsory education sector. Māori medium education faced multiple complex challenges, and given the abruptness of the situation, tumuaki, kaiako and whānau whakahaere had to quickly prepare whānau and learners for a new mode of online learning.

Audience:
Māori-medium
Schools
Content type:
Research

Te Kahu Whakahaumaru: Māori continue to show resilience across Māori-medium education

Published: 10 Dec 2020

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. Among the many challenges were access to technology and resources with Māori communities among the most affected.

Audience:
Education
Māori-medium
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
COVID-19
Early Childhood Education (ECE)
Schools
Māori-medium
Teachers | Kaiako
Resilience
Te Pou Mataaho | Evaluation and Research Māori

Evaluation Indicators for Kura Kaupapa Māori reviews

Published: 04 Jan 2014

We worked closely with Te Rūnanga Nui o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Aotearoa (Te Rūnanga Nui) to develop and monitor a specialist review methodology for Te Aho Matua kura kaupapa Māori. These indicators are used during reviews in Te Aho Matua Kura Kaupapa Māori.

Audience:
Education
Māori-medium
Schools
Content type:
Basic page
Topics:
Māori-medium
Te Aho Matua

Ko te ako i roto i ngā Whare Haumaru o Oranga Tamariki

Published: 01 Jul 2021

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

Continuity of learning transitions from early childhood services to schools

Published: 19 Jun 2015

This report looks at how well New Zealand early childhood services and schools are supporting transitions to school and highlights what's important and examples of good practice.

Audience:
Early learning
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Communities of Learning | Kāhui ako
Resourcing
Collaboration

Te Pou Reo: Evaluations In Māori-immersion In English-medium Schools

Published: 14 Sep 2023

A deepening of our evaluation approach for Māori immersion learning in English-medium schools/kura, providing a specialist evaluation perspective and insight to support learner Te reo Māori success.   

Audience:
Education
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Basic page
Topics:
Te reo Māori

Collective Employment Agreement

Published: 06 Apr 2021

Collective employment agreement for review officers at ERO.

Audience:
Academics
Early learning
Māori-medium
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Basic page
Topics:
Employment practices

Success for Māori Children in Early Childhood Services: Good Practice

Published: 01 May 2010

This report complements the national evaluation report, Success for Māori Children in Early Childhood Services, March 2010. It presents examples of good practice from nine early childhood services, identified during their ERO reviews, which had practices that were working for Māori children and their parents and whānau.

Audience:
Early learning
Māori-medium
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Early childhood services
Evaluation

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

Building genuine learning partnerships with parents

Published: 19 Jul 2018

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.

Audience:
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research

Science in New Zealand schools and early childhood services - series summary

Published: 12 Apr 2021

Science is important – we rely on science and scientific thinking in almost every endeavour in our modern society. High quality science education at school is essential for learners who want a career in science, but it is also important for all learners to help them understand the scientific issues that whānau, communities, and nations face. Issues such as climate change, healthy living, and innovation all depend on science.

Audience:
Early learning
Education
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Science
Early learning
Early childhood services
Integrated schools
State schools