Publications: National evaluations

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. 

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1. On Your Marks...Get Set...Go! A Tale of Six Schools and the Digital Technologies Curriculum Content

   • Publication Date: 23 January 2020
   • Print version available: No

   ERO conducted case studies of six schools’ implementation of the digital technologies curriculum content in Term 1, 2019. Schools that had successfully integrated the curriculum had leaders who promoted a growth mindset for teachers and looked to integrate digital technologies into existing curriculum.

   https://ero.govt.nz/publications/on-your-marks-get-set-go-a-tale-of-six-schools-and-the-digital-technologies-curriculum-content-2/

   

2. Te Whāriki (2017): Awareness Towards Implementation

   • Publication Date: 12 December 2019
   • Print version available: No

   ERO’s final report in the Te Whāriki series summarises the findings of previous reports and includes the last two focus areas for the curriculum – how services decide ‘what learning matters here’ and how well they were developing learning-focused partnerships with parents and whānau.

   https://ero.govt.nz/publications/te-whariki-2017-awareness-towards-implementation/

   

3. Professional Learning and Development in Schools

   • Publication Date: 2 December 2019
   • Print version available: No

   ERO spoke with school leaders responsible for planning Professional Learning and Development (PLD) and looked at a variety of documents in 242 state or state-integrated schools (excluding kura) reviewed in Terms 3 and 4, 2018. ERO made an overall judgment about how well school leaders were determining PLD priorities and...

   https://ero.govt.nz/publications/professional-learning-and-development-in-schools/

   

4. The Key Competencies: Realising the Potential of the New Zealand Curriculum

   • Publication Date: 22 November 2019
   • Print version available: No

   ERO’s report, Developing Key Competencies in Students Years 1 to 8, describes how New Zealand schools with Years 1 to 8 students are integrating and supporting the development of their students’ key competencies (KCs).

   https://ero.govt.nz/publications/the-key-competencies-realising-the-potential-of-the-new-zealand-curriculum/

   

5. Developing Key Competencies in Students Years 1-8

   • Publication Date: 22 November 2019
   • Print version available: No

   This Education Review Office (ERO) report describes what a sample of New Zealand schools with Years 1 to 8 students are doing to integrate and support the development of key competencies in their students.

   https://ero.govt.nz/publications/developing-key-competencies-in-students-years-1-8/

   

6. Current Provision of Pacific Bilingual Education

   • Publication Date: 16 August 2019
   • Print version available: No

   Based on surveys and interviews of 25 schools, this report describes the current state of Pacific bilingual units in New Zealand: their philosophy, curriculum, teaching, assessment and transition practices, tracking of learners’ pathways and outcomes, and the support they receive.

   https://ero.govt.nz/publications/current-provision-of-pacific-bilingual-education/

   

7. It's Early Days for the New Digital Technologies Curriculum Content

   • Publication Date: 31 July 2019
   • Print version available: No

   ERO exmained what barriers and enablers have influenced schools’ preparation for implementation of the new Digital Technologies and Hangarau Maihiko curriculum. The report also alerts school leaders to the need to engage with the curriculum content with the urgency required to meet the January 2020 deadline for implementation.

   https://ero.govt.nz/publications/its-early-days-for-the-new-digital-technologies-curriculum-content/

   

8. NCEA Observational Studies

   • Publication Date: 16 July 2019
   • Print version available: No

   The National Certificate for Educational Achievement (NCEA) was introduced as the main school qualification between 2002 and 2004. Several refinements have been made over the years, including new endorsement practices introduced in 2007 for standards and 2010 for courses.

   https://ero.govt.nz/publications/ncea-observational-studies/

   

9. Preparedness to implement Te Whāriki (2017)

   • Publication Date: 27 June 2019
   • Print version available: No

   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.

   https://ero.govt.nz/publications/preparedness-to-implement-te-whariki-2017/

   

10. Keeping children engaged and achieving in writing

    • Publication Date: 11 June 2019
    • Print version available: No

    This report shares some of the strategies and approaches used by schools who had focused on improving achievement in writing. It also shares some simple strategies used in classrooms where achievement in writing had been accelerated.

    https://ero.govt.nz/publications/keeping-children-engaged-and-achieving-in-writing/

    

11. Bullying Prevention and Response in New Zealand Schools May 2019

    • Publication Date: 13 May 2019
    • Print version available: No

    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.

    https://ero.govt.nz/publications/bullying-prevention-and-response-in-new-zealand-schools-may-2019/

    

12. Bullying Prevention and Response: Student Voice May 2019

    • Publication Date: 13 May 2019
    • Print version available: No

    This report focuses on Years 4 to 13 students’ experience of bullying prevention and response in schools. The information was collected via a voluntary online survey in 136 New Zealand schools during Terms 1 and 2, 2018.

    https://ero.govt.nz/publications/bullying-prevention-and-response-student-voice-may-2019/

    

13. Collaboration in practice: insights into implementation

    • Publication Date: 2 April 2019
    • Print version available: No

    This case study report features experiences of three Kāhui Ako and includes the strategies and approaches used to create, build, and strengthen collaboration between schools and early learning services to improve outcomes for learners.

    https://ero.govt.nz/publications/collaboration-in-practice-insights-into-implementation/

    

14. Engaging with Te Whāriki (2017)

    • Publication Date: 15 November 2018
    • Print version available: No

    New Zealand’s early childhood curriculum, Te Whāriki, was updated in April, 2017. Te Whāriki (2017) reflects the changes in theory, practice and early learning contexts that have occurred over the last 20 years. ERO is undertaking a series of evaluations focused on the implementation of Te Whāriki in early learning...

    https://ero.govt.nz/publications/engaging-with-te-whariki-2017/

    

15. Provision for Students in Activity Centres

    • Publication Date: 25 September 2018
    • Print version available: No

    There are 14 activity centres in New Zealand that cater for secondary school students (Years 9 ‑ 13) who are at risk of disengaging from mainstream schooling and at risk of low educational, social and vocational outcomes. Activity centres are established by agreement of the Minister of Education.

    https://ero.govt.nz/publications/provision-for-students-in-activity-centres-2/

    

16. Promoting wellbeing through sexuality education

    • Publication Date: 12 September 2018
    • Print version available: No

    This report provides findings from ERO's evaluation of how well schools were promoting and supporting student wellbeing through sexuality education.

    https://ero.govt.nz/publications/promoting-wellbeing-through-sexuality-education/

    

17. Awareness and confidence to work with Te Whāriki (2017)

    • Publication Date: 12 July 2018
    • Print version available: No

    In this evaluation, ERO wanted to find out how aware and confident leaders and kaiako in early learning services were as they began to work with the updated curriculum, Te Whāriki (2017).

    https://ero.govt.nz/publications/awareness-and-confidence-to-work-with-te-whariki-2017/

    

18. Teen Parent Units

    • Publication Date: 5 July 2018
    • Print version available: No

    The Education Review Office (ERO) reviews Teen Parent Units (TPUs) on a three‑year cycle. During March and April, 2017 ERO investigated the quality of education provided by TPUs and the extent to which they supported positive outcomes for TPU students and their children.

    https://ero.govt.nz/publications/teen-parent-units/

    

19. What drives learning in the senior secondary school?

    • Publication Date: 30 May 2018
    • Print version available: No

    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...

    https://ero.govt.nz/publications/what-drives-learning-in-the-senior-secondary-school/

    

20. Teaching strategies that work - Reading

    • Publication Date: 14 May 2018
    • Print version available: No

    The Education Review Office (ERO) has released the latest in its Teaching Strategies that Work series. “Keeping children engaged and achieving in reading” is a description of strategies used by primary schools which have significantly improved their students’ achievement in reading.

    https://ero.govt.nz/publications/teaching-strategies-that-work-reading/