Briefing reports
Published: 06 Apr 2021
Proactively released Ministerial briefings to the Minister of Education.
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- Early learning
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Schools
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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.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Early learning
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Basic page
- Topics:
- Strategy
- Achievement
- Audit
Implementing Self Review in Early Childhood Services
Published: 01 Jan 2009
The Education Review Office (ERO) undertook a national evaluation of the implementation of self review in 397 services in Terms 1, 2 and 3, 2008. The evaluation focused on how well self review was understood, supported and implemented in each service and the extent to which it led to improved management and educator practice.
- Audience:
- Early learning
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Early childhood services
- Self-review
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.
- Audience:
- 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
Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
Published: 31 Mar 2021
Evaluates the performance of the education system, the effectiveness of programmes and interventions, and shines a light on good practice.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Early learning
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Basic page
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.
- Audience:
- Early learning
- Education
- Content type:
- Basic page
- Topics:
- Hospital-based education
- Evaluation
- Ngā Pou Here
- Evaluation indicators
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.
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- Academics
- Early learning
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Basic page
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.
- Audience:
- Early learning
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Māori-medium
- Early learning
- Te Puna Whakatupu
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
ERO Insights - Issue 1 2020
Published: 25 Jun 2020
Insights Newsletter from Nicholas Pole, Te Tumu Whakarae mō te Arotake Mātauranga | Chief Executive and Chief Review Officer
- Audience:
- Academics
- Early learning
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- News article
- Topics:
- COVID-19
- Learning
- Information and Communications Technology
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
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
Strategic Intentions 2020-2024
Published: 30 Jun 2020
The Education Review Office (ERO)'s Strategic Intentions 2020-2024 sets out our objectives and how ERO contributes to the Government's priorities for education.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Early learning
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Basic page
- Topics:
- Strategy
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
Strategic Intentions 2015 - 2019
Published: 30 Jun 2015
The Education Review Office (ERO)'s Strategic Intentions sets out our objectives and how ERO contributes to the Government's priorities for education.
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- Academics
- Early learning
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Basic page
- Topics:
- Strategy
How ERO reviews early childhood services
Published: 31 Mar 2021
This section explains what reviews we do and how we review your early childhood service. This includes centre-based, home-based and hospital-based education and care services. It explains our different approaches to reviews Akanuku | Assurance Reviews, Akarangi | Quality Evaluations and Education Reviews.
- Audience:
- Early learning
- Education
- Content type:
- Basic page
- Topics:
- Early learning
Collaboration in Action: Lessons from a Community of Practice
Published: 10 May 2021
This short report accompanies our report Exploring Collaboration in Action: Kahukura Community of Practice. It looks at the lessons that can be learnt from the Kahukura community of practice, drawing out key lessons on collaboration and providing seven key implications for schools who are interested in collaborating to consider.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Early learning
- Education
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
- Collaboration
- Decision making
- English-medium
- Evaluation
- Guidance
- Improvement
- Intermediate
- Internal evaluation
- Knowledge building
- Primary
- Relationships
- School leaders
- Schools
- Secondary
- Students
- Teachers | Kaiako
- Teaching
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