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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- Early learning
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- Basic page
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- Strategy
- Achievement
- Audit
New report to support maths teaching
Published: 15 Feb 2024
ERO’s new report highlights what teachers can do to provide quality maths education for New Zealand’s learners in the first years of school.
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- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
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- News article
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
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- News article
Learning in a Covid-19 World: The Impact of Covid-19 on Teachers and Principals
Published: 06 Dec 2021
This report looks at the impact of Covid-19 on teachers and principals – including how Covid-19 has impacted enjoyment in work and workload. This report also sets out examples of how schools can prepare for 2022 and what supports will be needed for teachers and principals.
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- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
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- Research
- Topics:
- COVID-19
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
Thriving at school? Education for disabled learners in schools
Published: 28 Sep 2022
The Education Review Office (ERO), in partnership with the Human Rights Commission (HRC) and the Office for Disability Issues (ODI), looked at how well the education system is supporting disabled learners in schools. We found that we need to improve education for disabled learners so they can thrive. This report describes what we found and what is needed to significantly improve education for these priority learners.
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- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
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- Research
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- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
Education For All Our Children: Embracing Diverse Cultures - Draft for consultation
Published: 22 Nov 2022
Aotearoa New Zealand is becoming more ethnically diverse, and this is changing quickly. It is critical that education meets the needs of all our children. This report finds that many learners from ethnic communities are succeeding in education but encounter racism, isolation, and lack of cultural understanding. We must achieve significant change if Aotearoa New Zealand is to be a great place to learn for children and young people from ethnic communities.
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- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
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- Research
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- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
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.
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- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
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- Research
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- 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
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.
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- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
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- Research
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- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
Education For All Our Children: Embracing Diverse Ethnicities
Published: 15 Mar 2023
As New Zealand’s schools become more diverse, there is an exciting opportunity to look again at what we teach and how we teach. Many schools are already changing to embrace diverse ethnicities, but more change will be needed. This report includes options for change to make Aotearoa New Zealand a great place to learn for our children and young people from ethnic communities.
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- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
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- Research
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.
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- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
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- Research
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- 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
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- Research
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- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
‘Everything Was New’: Preparing and Supporting New Principals
Published: 13 Jul 2023
More than a third of our principals have less than five years’ experience in the role, and it’s important that they are set up for success. This report looks at pathways and supports for new principals.
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- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
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- Research
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- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
Te Muka Here Tangata – The strand that binds people
Published: 06 May 2021
This case study explores the impact of the 2020 Covid-19 events on Māori learners in English-medium schools, and the response of leaders, schools and communities in the Bay of Plenty and East Coast regions.
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- Academics
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Schools
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- Research
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- Bicultural curriculum
- Bilingual
- East Coast region
- English-medium
- Cultural diversity
- Māori student achievement
- Māori parents and whanau
- Schools
- School community
- Te reo Māori
- Whānau
- Wellbeing
- Māori immersion
- Māori
- Manaakitanga
- Inclusive practices
- Inclusion
- COVID-19
- Principals' performance
- School leaders
- Teachers | Kaiako
- Whanaungatanga
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.
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- Academics
- Early learning
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Te Ihuwaka
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
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.
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- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
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- Research
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- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
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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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.
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- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
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- Research
- Topics:
- Science
- Guidance
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
The Impact of Covid-19 on Teachers and Principals - Summary
Published: 06 Dec 2021
This short summary of our longer report Learning in a Covid-19 World: The Impact of Covid-19 on Teachers and Principals looks at the impact of Covid-19 on teachers and principals – including how Covid-19 has impacted enjoyment in work and workload. It also sets out examples of how schools can prepare for 2022 and what supports will be needed for teachers and principals.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- COVID-19
- 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.
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- 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