- Published: 13 May 2019
Bullying Prevention and Response in New Zealand Schools May 2019
New Zealand schools have one of the highest rates of bullying among OECD member countries. In this evaluation, ERO looked at the extent to which schools were effectively working towards an environment in which students feel safe and free from bullying.
A companion report to this one, Bullying Prevention and Response: Student Voice focuses on ERO’s survey of students on their experience and understandings of bullying and effective bullying prevention and response.
- Published: 30 May 2018
What drives learning in the senior secondary school?
This evaluation studies effective practice in schools’ senior curriculum. It contributes to the review being undertaken by the Ministry of Education (the Ministry) of the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA). The Ministry-led review focuses on the implementation of NCEA as the national assessment system for the senior years of secondary schooling.
- Published: 24 Apr 2018
Evaluation at a glance: A decade of assessment in New Zealand Primary Schools - Practice and trends
High quality assessment and evaluation allows us to focus on student progress and outcomes at classroom, school and system levels. It helps teachers, schools and systems to report on student achievement across points in time, and provide information for parents, trustees and the public about the quality of education.
- Published: 14 Jul 2015
How do leaders support improvement in Pacific early childhood services
This report highlights the crucial role of leaders in Pacific early childhood services to manage changes that improve learning outcomes for Pacific children. Other leaders may find this report useful when considering improvement-focused changes in their centres.
- Published: 24 Oct 2013
Use of Equity Funding in Pacific Early Childhood Services
This national report is about how effectively 15 Pacific early childhood services used Equity Funding to increase Pacific children's participation and support them to develop their language, culture and identity.
We have also published a companion report - Use of Equity Funding in Early Childhood Services.
- Published: 24 Oct 2013
Use of Equity Funding in Early Childhood Services
This national report discusses how effectively 147 early childhood services used Equity Funding and the extent to which the Equity Funding objectives of participation and quality in early childhood services were achieved.
We have also published a companion report - Use of Equity Funding in Pacific Early Childhood Services.
- Published: 31 May 2013
Accelerating the Progress of Priority Learners in Primary Schools
This national report presents the findings of ERO’s recent evaluation about the extent to which primary schools were using effective strategies to improve outcomes for priority groups of learners. In this report ‘priority learners’ refers to Māori, Pacific, special needs, and students from low income families, who are not achieving at or above National Standards.
- Published: 30 Oct 2011
Positive Foundations for Learning: Confident and Competent Children in Early Childhood Services
This report discusses the areas of strength, and areas for development that ERO found. It also describes the practices of specific service types - Playcentres, kindergartens and education and care services - in supporting children’s social competence, and understanding of appropriate behaviour.
- Published: 01 Aug 2010
Quality in Early Childhood Services
Early childhood education has been an important focus for the Education Review Office for over 20 years. This report uses findings from ERO's national evaluations of early childhood education and individual services' education reviews to highlight the factors that contribute to high quality early childhood education and care, as well as those that contribute to poor quality. The report provides a good starting point for further discussion for anyone involved in early childhood education including education providers, policy makers and teachers.
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