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Science in primary schools: a guide for teachers

Published: 19 Apr 2021

To support leaders and teachers to review and strengthen the science learning opportunities they provide, ERO explored the strategies and approaches that a selection of schools had taken to increase students’ engagement in science. This short guides draws on this work to help primary school teachers think about how they can support stronger science teaching and learning in their school.

Audience:
Education
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Science
State schools
Integrated schools
Primary

What we do

Published: 31 Mar 2021

We review the performance and assess the quality of pre-tertiary education providers in relation to the educational services they provide. Several different types of reviews and evaluations are carried out—from scheduled to system-level national evaluations of education sector performance and policy.   

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

Missing Out: Why Aren’t Our Children Going to School?

Published: 10 Nov 2022

Going to school is critical for our children’s futures. The evidence is clear that every day of school matters, missing school leads to lower achievement.  In New Zealand, learners are expected to attend school every day the school is open. And yet many don’t. New Zealand has lower attendance than other countries and alarmingly attendance is falling.

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

Ngā Ara Whai Hua — Your Go-To-Guide

Published: 02 Aug 2021

Resources to support evaluation for improvement in early childhood services

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

Evaluation Judgement Rubric

Published: 02 Sep 2020

This Judgement Rubric is an evaluation tool for use in ERO’s evaluations of early childhood services and by the services in their internal evaluation. The rubric is based on the indicators in Te Ara Poutama|Indicators of quality for early childhood education: what matters most.

Audience:
Early learning
Education
Content type:
Basic page
Topics:
Evaluation
Te Whāriki
Quality
Collaboration to improve learner outcomes

Concerns and complaints

Published: 06 Apr 2021

If you are dissatisfied with your experience with us, please let us know. We respond to complaints promptly and treat everyone with courtesy, respect and fairness.

Audience:
Education
Content type:
Basic page

An Alternative Education? Support for our most disengaged young people

Published: 27 Jun 2023

Each year, Alternative Education provides education to over 2,000 young people who have been disengaged from education and who have high and complex needs. The Education Review Office (ERO), in partnership with the Social Wellbeing Agency (SWA), looked at how well the education system is supporting young people in Alternative Education. This study describes what we found and what is needed to significantly improve education for these young people.

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

Methodology and Professional Practice

Published: 31 Mar 2021

Develops evaluation tools and frameworks for ERO’s reviews; and develops and supports professional development.

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

Review and Improvement Services

Published: 31 Mar 2021

We carry out external evaluations at early childhood services, schools and kura to provide information on their performance and to support improvement for high quality education.

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

New Schools approach: From concept to reality

Published: 18 May 2021

ERO’s role is to ensure that New Zealanders can have confidence in our education system. ERO wants every school to be a great school and a great place to learn for every learner. We all acknowledge that schools are busy, complex entities with competing priorities and multiple demands on their time and resources. In order to support schools in this challenge, ERO is adopting a new way of working with the sector.

Audience:
Academics
Early learning
Education
Māori-medium
Parents
Schools
Content type:
News article

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

Schools: Evaluation for Improvement Approach: implementation case studies

Published: 29 Apr 2022

This report represents the final phase in the external evaluation of the initial implementation of the approach with the initial group of 75 schools. The intended audience for this report is ERO senior leadership team. It is intended that this report will be used formatively to consider opportunities for refinement and improvement of the approach.

Audience:
Education
Schools
Content type:
Basic page

Ngā Ara Whai Hua: Quality Framework for Evaluation and Improvement

Published: 13 Apr 2021

Ngā Ara Whai Hua: Quality Framework for Evaluation and Improvement in Early Childhood Services outlines our approach to review and evaluation for accountability and improvement.

Audience:
Early learning
Education
Content type:
Basic page
Topics:
Early learning

Upcoming reviews

Published: 04 Mar 2021

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

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