Publications: Effective practice reports

In this section you'll find ERO's evaluation indicators and frameworks, national evaluations, effective practice reports, resources and guides, corporate publications and guides for parents. Use the search box at the top right or the filters below to find what you're looking for. 

Only current indicators and frameworks and other recent publications are published on this website. 

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1. Evaluation at a glance: What ERO knows about effective schools

   • Publication Date: 9 March 2011
   • Print version available: No

   Evaluation at a Glance: What ERO Knows About Effective Schools explores five themes from a cross-section of ERO's evaluations in primary and secondary schools over the past four years:

   https://ero.govt.nz/publications/evaluation-at-a-glance-what-ero-knows-about-effective-schools/

   

2. Quality in Early Childhood Services

   • Publication Date: 1 August 2010
   • Print version available: No

   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...

   https://ero.govt.nz/publications/quality-in-early-childhood-services/

   

3. Success for Māori Children in Early Childhood Services: Good Practice

   • Publication Date: 1 May 2010
   • Print version available: No

   This report complements the national evaluation report, Success for Māori Children in Early Childhood Services, March 2010. It presents examples of good practice from nine early childhood services, identified during their ERO reviews, which had practices that were working for Māori children and their parents and whānau.

   https://ero.govt.nz/publications/success-for-maori-children-in-early-childhood-services-good-practice/

   

4. Partners in Learning: Good Practice

   • Publication Date: 1 September 2008
   • Print version available: No

   This report complements ERO’s major evaluation, Partners in Learning: Schools’ Engagement with Parents, Whānau and Communities, published in May 2008. It presents case studies of eight schools, identified during ERO reviews, that were successful in engaging with their parents, whānau and the wider community.

   https://ero.govt.nz/publications/partners-in-learning-good-practice/

   

5. Boys' Education: Good Practice in Secondary Schools

   • Publication Date: 1 July 2008
   • Print version available: No

   This Education Review Office report provides schools and policy makers with examples of how 10 New Zealand secondary schools successfuly support boys' education. The schools in this study were selected on the basis of their good overall levels of student achievement, previous positive ERO reports and their well-developed pastoral care...

   https://ero.govt.nz/publications/boys-education-good-practice-in-secondary-schools/

   

6. Schools' Provision for Gifted and Talented Students: Good Practice

   • Publication Date: 1 June 2008
   • Print version available: No

   In 2008 the Education Review Office evaluated schools’ provision for gifted and talented students.

   https://ero.govt.nz/publications/schools-provision-for-gifted-and-talented-students-good-practice/

   

7. The Collection and Use of Assessment Information: Good Practice in Primary Schools

   • Publication Date: 1 June 2007
   • Print version available: No

   ERO evaluated the collection and use of assessment information in schools in 2006. The evaluation concluded that more work can be done to improve assessment practice in schools. This report builds on this finding by giving examples of good practice in the collection and use of assessment information in primary schools.

   https://ero.govt.nz/publications/the-collection-and-use-of-assessment-information-good-practice-in-primary-schools/

   

8. The Collection and Use of Assessment Information: Good Practice in Secondary Schools

   • Publication Date: 1 June 2007
   • Print version available: No

   ERO evaluated the collection and use of assessment information in schools in 2006. The evaluation concluded that more work can be done to improve assessment practice in schools. This complementary report aims to help secondary schools review their assessment practice.

   https://ero.govt.nz/publications/the-collection-and-use-of-assessment-information-good-practice-in-secondary-schools/