Year 9 Plus 2016 – the first year (Year 9)
Published: 24 Jul 2017
Year 9 Plus is an educational concept developed by the Ministry of Education (the Ministry) to improve the chances of educational success of one cohort of participating students, and better their future life opportunities.
- Audience:
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Transitions
Child Youth and Family Residential Schools - November 2016
Published: 28 Nov 2016
ERO evaluated the quality of education at the Child Youth and Family (CYF) residential schools. CYF residential schools provide education for young people in Youth Justice and Care and Protection services.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
Communities of Learning Kāhui Ako - Collaboration to Improve Learner Outcomes
Published: 25 Jan 2017
This publication is designed to support Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako by bringing together research findings about effective collaboration in education communities. It is supported by the publication Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako: working towards collaborative practice.
- Audience:
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Communities of Learning | Kāhui ako
- Collaboration to improve learner outcomes
- Pasifika
- Special education
Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako in action
Published: 25 Jan 2017
This is the first of a series of iterative reports which draw together what ERO knows about CoL | Kāhui Ako, as they move from establishment to implementation.
- Audience:
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Communities of Learning | Kāhui ako
- Progress and Consistency Tool (PaCT)
Measuring Change in Education Systems: A Review
Published: 24 Nov 2021
This work explores global best practice for measuring education system change. It considers the variation found between different approaches to measuring education system change, looking particularly at how select individual countries and multilaterals each approach this. This work will also consider what can support countries to monitor education performance.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Education
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
Working together: How teacher aides can have the most impact
Published: 30 Nov 2022
Teacher aides in Aotearoa New Zealand have a wide range of valued roles and responsibilities. We know that they can enhance learner outcomes by drawing on positive relationships, good training, collaborative practices, and cultural expertise. This report looks at what good teacher aide practice and support looks like and sets out four key areas of teacher aide practice that make a difference for learners – as well as what schools can do to set teacher aides up for success.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
Nihinihi Whenua – Valuing te reo Māori: Student and whānau aspirations
Published: 15 Sep 2020
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.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Te reo Māori
- English-medium
- Māori
- Te Pou Mataaho | Evaluation and Research Māori
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
Learning in a Covid-19 World: Supporting Secondary School Engagement
Published: 19 Jan 2021
This report explains strategies for supporting secondary students’ engagement during the Covid‑19 pandemic. These strategies include re-engaging students who present with wellbeing concerns or show signs of disengagement. The report also includes some innovative actions schools used to promote student engagement after the first lockdown in 2020.
- Audience:
- Education
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- COVID-19
- Secondary
- Engagement
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
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
Internal evaluation as a catalyst for change
Published: 29 Sep 2021
This resource draws on recent Education Review Office (ERO) national evaluation reports to highlight how schools, both primary and secondary, have been evaluating teaching and learning and then using the findings to improve outcomes for students. ERO found that schools that significantly improved outcomes for students based their priorities for action on the findings from high-quality internal evaluation.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
Learning in residential care: They knew I wanted to learn
Published: 01 Jul 2021
Children and young people who are placed in Oranga Tamariki residential care are among the most at risk of poor outcomes later in life. Education can change that. This report looks at the quality of education for students in Oranga Tamariki Care and Protection and Youth Justice residences and how it can be improved.
- 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
Growing Curiosity Teaching Strategies to Engage Years 5 to 11 Students in Science
Published: 12 Apr 2021
This report shares teaching approaches and strategies for Year 5 to Year 11 that ERO has identified in a range of schools where students were found to be highly engaged in science. This report should be seen as a resource for leaders and teachers looking to strengthen their teaching of science. It looks at Years 5-11 as they are the critical years for science engagement before learners make final choices on whether to continue in science.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Science
- Guidance
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
Te Tāmata Huaroa: Te Reo Māori in English-medium Schooling
Published: 18 Jun 2020
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.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Te reo Māori
- English-medium
- Language
- Māori
- Bilingual
- Ngā Whanaketanga Rumaki Māori
- Te Pou Mataaho | Evaluation and Research Māori
Exploring Collaboration in Action: Kahukura Community of Practice
Published: 10 May 2021
ERO was approached by principals from Kahukura to document and evaluate their community of practice in Christchurch. This report identifies what is working well for this community of practice, areas where they might consider further enhancements, and lessons and insights into practices which could be shared with others.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Early learning
- Education
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Collaboration
- Decision making
- English-medium
- Evaluation
- Guidance
- Improvement
- Intermediate
- Internal evaluation
- Knowledge building
- Primary
- Relationships
- School leaders
- Schools
- Secondary
- Students
- Teachers | Kaiako
- Teaching
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
Shining a Light on Science: Good Practice in Early Childhood Services
Published: 14 Apr 2021
This report is the companion report to Science in the Early Years: Early Childhood and Years 1-4. This report looks at, in more depth, good practice in science teaching and learning in English-Medium early childhood education. It presents examples of good practice of science in the curriculum, from eight services identified during their ERO reviews.
- Audience:
- Early learning
- Education
- Parents
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
Measuring Change in Education Systems – Summary
Published: 23 Nov 2021
Measuring changes to education systems, let alone performance, is complex. With education systems consisting of many moving parts, there are multiple approaches to assessing education system performance across the world, reflecting the reality of this complexity. This summary explores global practice for measuring education system change.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Education
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
Appraisal as a catalyst for improved learner outcomes: two years on
Published: 06 Mar 2018
In July 2015, ERO signed a three year Service Agreement with the Education Council to carry out teacher appraisal audits. This report presents our findings from the 2016-2017 audit.
- Audience:
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Appraisal
Early mathematics: a guide for improving teaching and learning
Published: 22 Mar 2016
This guide describes how children can be supported to become confident and capable mathematical learners in the early years.
- Audience:
- Early learning
- Parents
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Early childhood curriculum
- Early Childhood Education (ECE)
- Mathematics
- Early mathematics