Briefing reports
Published: 06 Apr 2021
Proactively released Ministerial briefings to the Minister of Education.
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Annual Report 2019-2020
Published: 11 Dec 2020
ERO publishes an annual report each year.
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.
It also outlines our role and the scope of our functions, reports on organisational health and capability, and includes our financial statements and service performance.
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- Academics
- Early learning
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Basic page
- Topics:
- Strategy
- Achievement
- Audit
Supporting science teaching with new science reports
Published: 18 May 2021
Science is important - we rely on scientific thinking in almost every endeavour in our modern society. Covid-19 has shown us how important science is and, with science-related issues such as climate change and vaccines increasingly impacting on society, it is essential that we have high quality science education.
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- Academics
- Early learning
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- News article
New Te Ihuwaka report to support culturally responsive teaching in ECE
Published: 10 Feb 2022
Te Ihuwaka's (ERO's Education Evaluation Centre's) latest early childhood education good practice report, published today, looks at how children’s cultures and languages can be reflected in everyday practice, supporting their learning and wellbeing.
- Audience:
- Early learning
- Content type:
- News article
Covid-19: Impact on schools and early childhood services - Interim Report
Published: 28 Aug 2020
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.
- Audience:
- Early learning
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- COVID-19
- Early childhood services
- Schools
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
Responding to Diverse Cultures: Good Practice in Home-based Early Childhood Services
Published: 31 Jan 2022
This good practice report looks at how children’s cultures and languages can be reflected in everyday practice, supporting their learning and wellbeing. Drawn from home-based ECE settings, this new report is a collection of useful examples to inspire kaiako to grow their ability in culturally responsive teaching.
- Audience:
- Early learning
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
Learning in a Covid-19 World: The Impact of Covid-19 on Early Childhood Education
Published: 19 Jan 2021
Early childhood education services had to quickly adapt to changing requirements and periods of uncertainty due to Covid-19 in 2020. ERO undertook work to understand how this affected early childhood education services. This report presents our findings on how Covid-19 impacted children, whānau and services, how services responded and what they learnt, and the challenges that services expect they might face in future alert level changes.
- Audience:
- Early learning
- Education
- Parents
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- COVID-19
- Early Childhood Education (ECE)
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
A Great Start? Education for Disabled Children in Early Childhood
Published: 28 Sep 2022
Quality early childhood education (ECE) affects how well disabled children do at school and in life – from academic achievement and earning potential, to health and wellbeing.
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- Academics
- Early learning
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
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- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
How we do Education Reviews of Hospital-based education and care services
Published: 12 Apr 2021
Read about our we conduct education reviews of hospital-based education and care services. This page also includes all of the documents that services need to complete as part of their review including a letter, assurance statement, statistical information and self-reports.
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- Early learning
- Education
- Content type:
- Basic page
- Topics:
- Early learning
- Hospital-based education
Te Kahu Whakahaumaru – Ngā mahi a te rangai mātauranga Māori (English)
Published: 19 Jan 2021
Te Pou Mataaho, ERO’s evaluation and research group, and Te Uepū ā Motu, ERO’s national evaluation and review team, pursued this evaluation to provide an evidence base about the initial impacts of Covid-19 on Māori-medium education and how the sector responded.
- Audience:
- Early learning
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- COVID-19
- Early Childhood Education (ECE)
- Schools
- Māori-medium
- Te Pou Mataaho | Evaluation and Research Māori
Tuia te here tangata: Making meaningful connections
Published: 03 Mar 2016
In Term 3, 2014, ERO undertook a cluster review of five Puna Whakatupu as part of scheduled education reviews. During the course of these reviews, we identified a range of good practice that was investigated further and has become Tuia te here tangata: Making meaningful connections.
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- Early learning
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Māori-medium
- Early learning
- Te Puna Whakatupu
How ERO reviews Ngā kōhanga reo
Published: 31 Mar 2021
Learn about our review process for Ngā kōhanga reo. Find out what you need to do and the resources you need such as the assurance statement.
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- Early learning
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Content type:
- Basic page
How we do Akanuku | Assurance Reviews
Published: 31 Mar 2021
Read about our we conduct Akanuku | Assurance Reviews of early childhood services. This page also includes all of the documents that services need to complete as part of their review including a letter, assurance statement, and statistical information.
- Audience:
- Early learning
- Education
- Content type:
- Basic page
- Topics:
- Early learning
How we do Akarangi | Quality Evaluations
Published: 31 Mar 2021
Read about our we conduct Akarangi | Quality Evaluations of early childhood services. This page also includes all of the documents that services need to complete as part of their review including a letter, assurance statement, and statistical information.
- Audience:
- Early learning
- Education
- Content type:
- Basic page
- Topics:
- Early learning
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
He Pou Tātaki: How ERO reviews hospital-based education and care services
Published: 31 Mar 2021
This document is the result of a collaborative effort between ERO and representatives from hospital-based education and care services. It will support improved service performance and accountability, and focuses on how well placed hospital-based services are to contribute to children’s learning, and promote their wellbeing.
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- Early learning
- Education
- Content type:
- Basic page
- Topics:
- Hospital-based education
- Evaluation
- Ngā Pou Here
- Evaluation indicators
Insights from ERO's Chief Review Officer - July 2022
Published: 28 Jul 2022
Tēnā koutou
Our mahi is to inform and facilitate improvement in early childhood services, schools and kura. We do this through our institutional reviews and system-wide evaluation and research that is focused on the provision of education and the care of learners. As I periodically do through ERO’s Insights Newsletter, I want to share some of our findings with you.
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- Academics
- Early learning
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- News article
Preparedness to implement Te Whāriki (2017)
Published: 27 Jun 2019
ERO is undertaking a series of evaluations on the implementation of Te Whāriki: He whāriki mātauranga mō ngā mokopuna o Aotearoa. This report examines how prepared services are to implement Te Whāriki, including their engagement with professional learning and development, and determining 'what matters here' and next steps.
- Audience:
- Early learning
- Parents
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Te Whāriki
- Professional capability
- Teachers | Kaiako
Covid-19 Learning in Lockdown
Published: 18 Jun 2020
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. As a first stage of this work, ERO surveyed a sample of students and teachers in primary and secondary schools. This report sets out what we found about their wellbeing and experiences of learning and teaching during the lockdown.
- Audience:
- Early learning
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- COVID-19
- Wellbeing
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
Summary - Responding to Diverse Cultures: Good Practice in Home-based Early Childhood Services
Published: 31 Jan 2022
This short summary of our longer report Responding to Diverse Cultures: Good Practice in Home-based Early Childhood Services looks at how culturally responsive teaching can be reflected in everyday practice. This summary highlights key considerations for leaders and kaiako, to inspire growth in culturally responsive teaching.
- Audience:
- Early learning
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre