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Effective Internal Evaluation for Improvement

Published: 12 Feb 2016

This booklet is useful for any organisation interested in internal evaluation for improvement. This overview of the processes and reasoning involved in effective internal evaluation for improvement draws on a previously published resource Effective School Evaluation – How to do and use internal evaluation for improvement (2015).

Audience:: Early learning; Education; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Evaluation; Internal evaluation

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

School Evaluation Indicators

Published: 31 Mar 2021

The Education Review Office (ERO) first introduced evaluation indicators in 2003, revising them in 2010. This new version reflects a deepening understanding of how schools improve, and the role that evaluation plays in that process. It also reflects a strengthened relationship between ERO’s approaches to evaluation in English-medium and Māori-medium settings. It supports external and internal evaluation of schools.

Audience:: Education; Schools

Content type:: Basic page

Topics:: Evaluation indicators; Indicators

An evaluation mindset

Published: 04 Sep 2017

Senior leaders talk about the approach and processes associated with doing and using evaluation for improvement.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Video; Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

Schools’ Provision for International Students

Published: 28 Aug 2013

This national report is ERO’s seventh report about international students. This evaluation included 95 schools (both primary and secondary) and focused on five aspects in relation to international students – integration, progress and achievement, education programme, pastoral care, overall approach and self review.

Audience:: Education; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: International students; Integration; Progress; Achievement; Pastoral care; Curriculum; Te Marautanga o Aotearoa; International education

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

Schools’ Provision for International Students

Published: 28 Feb 2011

The evaluation looked at four aspects of international education (schools' self review, pastoral care, quality of education and social integration) and concluded that most schools were highly effective or generally effective in all four aspects.

Audience:: Education; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: International students; Pastoral care; International education; Evaluation indicators

Ako Panuku Evaluation 2021

Published: 09 Sep 2022

In February 2021, the MOE requested that the Education Review Office (ERO) carry out an evaluation of the professional development programme, Ako Panuku. The purpose of this evaluation, to consider the programme, its content, delivery modes, resources, and support. In addition, report on the strengths, challenges, and future opportunities.

Audience:: Education

Content type:: Research

How ERO Reviews schools/kura with international students

Published: 16 Mar 2022

If your school/kura has international students and is a signatory to The Education (Pastoral Care of Tertiary and International Learners) Code of Practice 2021 (the Code), we will review this during the ERO review of your school/kura. We review this by building on your self review of your international student programmes.

Audience:: Education; Schools

Content type:: Basic page

Topics:: International students

Evaluation of Teen Parent Units

Published: 31 Oct 2014

This report documents the findings of ERO's 2013 evaluation of Teen Parent Units. ERO found that most of the Units were operating well.

Audience:: Education; Parents

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Teen Parent Units

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

Principal Perspectives- Schools: Evaluation for Improvement Approach

Published: 27 Sep 2021

The survey was developed to elicit perspectives of principals involved in the initial implementation of the Schools: Evaluation for Improvement Approach in 75 schools across New Zealand. The survey items were developed in collaboration with the Education Review Office to ensure questions reflected key domains of interest. The survey incorporated Likert scale items, and open-ended items.

Audience:: Education; Schools

Content type:: Basic page

Evaluation Indicators for Education Reviews in Kōhanga Reo

Published: 08 Apr 2021

The Evaluation Indicators for Education Reviews in Kōhanga Reo is a specialist resource to inform the judgements that review officers make about the quality of children’s experiences while they are taking part in a kōhanga reo programme.

Audience:: Early learning; Education; Māori-medium; Parents

Content type:: Basic page

Topics:: Kōhanga Reo; Quality of children's experiences; Evaluation

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

Evaluation Indicators for Kura Kaupapa Māori reviews

Published: 04 Jan 2014

We worked closely with Te Rūnanga Nui o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Aotearoa (Te Rūnanga Nui) to develop and monitor a specialist review methodology for Te Aho Matua kura kaupapa Māori. These indicators are used during reviews in Te Aho Matua Kura Kaupapa Māori.

Audience:: Education; Māori-medium; Schools

Content type:: Basic page

Topics:: Māori-medium; Te Aho Matua

Evaluation Questions for ERO Homeschooling Reviews

Published: 14 Apr 2021

This is a resource for parents of children who are homeschooled. It indicates the kinds of questions ERO reviewers may ask in a homeschooling review. You may wish to consider these in preparation for the review and use them yourself when you are thinking about how well homeschooling is going for your child.

Audience:: Education; Schools

Content type:: Basic page

Topics:: Home-based education

Te Ara Huarau; the new approach to evaluation

Published: 15 Apr 2021

We have moved to a more developmental approach to evaluation, supporting each school’s improvement over time. This evaluation approach to school improvement is called Te Ara Huarau, previously known as the New Schools Operating Model.

Audience:: Education; Schools

Content type:: Basic page

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

Te Pou Mataaho – The evaluation and research group

Published: 06 Apr 2021

Te Pou Mataaho use their specialist kaupapa Māori research and evaluation expertise to support Māori enjoying and achieving education success as Māori.

Audience:: Academics; Early learning; Education; Māori-medium; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Basic page

Te Tāhū Whare | Evaluation and Review Māori

Published: 31 Mar 2021

Te Tāhū Whare | Evaluation and Review Māori carries out reviews at kōhanga reo, puna reo, kura and wharekura; conducts evaluation and research and develops evaluation methodology for Māori-medium settings.

Audience:: Academics; Early learning; Education; Māori-medium; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Basic page