- Published: 27 Jun 2019
Preparedness to implement Te Whāriki (2017)
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.
- 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: 11 Apr 2018
Resource Teachers: Learning and behaviour governing and managing RTLB clusters
The findings of this evaluation highlight improvements to the quality and consistency of the RTLB service, especially in overall governance and management.
- Published: 04 Sep 2017
Strengthening curriculum: inquiry maths
An analysis of achievement data and a desire to introduce more culturally responsive pedagogies into the classroom were triggers for introducing an inquiry -based approach to the teaching of mathematics at Manurewa Central School.
- Published: 04 Sep 2017
Professional learning
Professional learning reflects the approach that has been established for students. Learning is differentiated with multiple opportunities for engagement and structure in manageable steps.
This video was filmed at McAuley High School.
- Published: 04 Sep 2017
Professional inquiry
Inquiry is at the heart of what drives improvement and innovation at McAuley High School.
- Published: 04 Sep 2017
Teacher collaboration: professional learning in modern learning environments
Working together to determine what the collaboration and teamwork looks like on a day-to-day basis has been a critical and continued focus of professional learning and team dialogue at Stonefields School.
- Published: 04 Sep 2017
Visible professional learning
At McAuley High School, classroom teacher observations are a frequent occurrence and students report how they regard this as teachers actively modelling learning behaviour.
- Published: 04 Sep 2017
Whole school buddy system
At Otumoetai Intermediate, all teachers are engaged in differentiated professional learning and development. Those with similar goals are ‘buddied’ with another staff member.
- Published: 04 Sep 2017
Opportunity to learn: a collaborative learning community
In improving the teaching and learning of mathematics, leaders and teachers are working to develop safe, collaborative environments where every learner (teachers and students) can access the thinking of others to strengthen their knowledge and understanding.
- Published: 04 Sep 2017
Learning leadership
The team structure in this school supports the professional learning and development of leaders and teachers. Team members discuss their roles, responsibilities and the reciprocal nature of their interactions.
- Published: 21 Mar 2016
Wellbeing for success: effective practice
In 2014, the Education Review Office (ERO) undertook an evaluation of the extent to which schools were promoting and responding to student wellbeing in primary and secondary schools. This 2016 effective practice report provides further detail about practices in selected schools that promote wellbeing for all students, and describes how these schools respond when concerns, issues or events require more targeted support.
- Published: 21 Mar 2016
Wellbeing for success: a resource for schools
Wellbeing for success: a resource for schools has been developed to help schools evaluate and improve student wellbeing. It highlights the importance of schools promoting the wellbeing of all students as well as the need for systems, people and initiatives to respond to wellbeing concerns for students who need additional support.
- Published: 19 Feb 2015
Wellbeing for Young People's Success at Secondary School
This report presents the findings of ERO’s evaluation of how well 68 secondary schools in Term 1 2014 promoted and responded to student wellbeing.
- Published: 10 Jul 2013
Including Students with High Needs Primary Schools
This ERO evaluation reports on primary schools' progress in relation to the Government's Success for All policy. Success for All is about getting all schools to demonstrate inclusive practice for students with special needs.
- 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: 30 Jun 2010
Including Students with High Needs
ERO evaluated how well schools included students with high needs. Approximately three percent of the student population have significant physical, sensory, neurological, psychiatric, behavioural or intellectual impairment. ERO’s evaluation showed that approximately half of the schools in the study demonstrated inclusive practice, while 30 percent had ‘pockets of inclusive practice’ and 20 percent had few inclusive practices.
- Published: 01 May 2009
Managing Professional Learning and Development in Secondary Schools
This is one of two national reports by the Education Review Office (ERO) on how well schools manage teachers’ PLD. This one is about PLD in secondary schools and the other is on primary schools.
This report discusses how well secondary schools:
• plan for PLD;
• build a culture in which teachers learn and develop; and
• monitor the effectiveness of teachers’ learning and development.
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