School Improvement Framework
Published: 19 Feb 2024
The School Improvement Framework is for use throughout your school’s evaluation cycle as part of Te Ara Huarau.
- Audience:
- Education
- Schools
- Content type:
- Basic page
- Topics:
- Schools
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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
Kiwisport in Schools - 2010
Published: 26 Nov 2010
Kiwisport is a government initiative aimed at increasing opportunities for school-aged children to participate in organised sport.
In Terms 2 and 3, 2010, the Education Review Office evaluated the use primary and secondary schools made of Kiwisport funding, and the benefits and challenges of the initiative identified by schools.
- Audience:
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Kiwisport
- Sport
- Regional Sports Trusts
KiwiSport in Schools - 2012
Published: 18 Oct 2012
KiwiSport is a government initiative established in 2009 to increase opportunities for school-aged children to participate in organised sport. This report presents the findings of a questionnaire ERO gave to schools about the impact of KiwiSport funding.
- Audience:
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Kiwisport
- Sport
- Regional Sports Trusts
Science in secondary schools: a guide for teachers
Published: 21 Apr 2021
To support leaders and teachers to review and strengthen the science learning opportunities they provide, ERO explored the strategies and approaches that a selection of schools had taken to increase students’ engagement in science. This short guides draws on this work to help secondary school teachers think about how they can support stronger science teaching and learning in their school.
- Audience:
- Education
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Science
- State schools
- Integrated schools
- Schools
Science in primary schools: a guide for leaders
Published: 20 Apr 2021
To support leaders and teachers to review and strengthen the science learning opportunities they provide, ERO explored the strategies and approaches that a selection of schools had taken to increase students’ engagement in science. This short guides draws on this work to help primary school leaders think about how they can support stronger science teaching and learning in their school.
- Audience:
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Science
- Integrated schools
- Schools
- State schools
Professional Learning and Development in Schools
Published: 02 Dec 2019
How well were school leaders determining Professional Learning and Development priorities and evaluating its impact?
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 evaluating the impact of PLD.
- Audience:
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Schools
- School leaders
- Literacy
- International education
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
Accelerating student achievement: a resource for schools
Published: 31 May 2013
This resource can be used with the School Evaluation Indicators. It brings together findings from ERO’s recent national reports to outline what works to accelerate progress for Māori students at-risk of underachieving in primary schools. We share approaches schools have taken where progress was accelerated and schools were able to extend their practices to help more students succeed. Innovative schools focus on inequity within their student population, resulting in improved outcomes for Māori students.
- Audience:
- Education
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Achievement
- Resources
- Māori student achievement
- Inquiry
Raising achievement in primary schools
Published: 30 Jun 2014
This national report presents the findings of how well a sample of primary schools were taking actions to increase the number of students achieving 'at' or 'above' national standards.The findings show that half of the schools in the evaluation had used deliberate actions to support students to accelerate progress and sustain achievement.
- Audience:
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Raising achievement
- Primary
- Equitable outcomes
- Accelerated learning
- Evaluation indicators
- Education outcomes
Raising achievement in secondary schools
Published: 30 Jun 2014
This report documents the findings of ERO’s 2013 evaluation of how well 40 secondary schools analysed and responded to their NCEA data.
- Audience:
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Raising achievement
- Secondary
- Māori student achievement
Whole school buddy system
Published: 04 Sep 2017
At Otumoetai Intermediate, all teachers are engaged in differentiated professional learning and development. Those with similar goals are ‘buddied’ with another staff member.
- Audience:
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Improvement
- Professional capability
- Evaluation indicators
- Leadership
- Video
- Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua
A guide for parents and whānau on supporting science in primary school
Published: 12 Apr 2021
Learning science in the primary school years helps children become better problem solvers and critical thinkers. This short guide aims to help parents and whānau of children in primary school to understand why science matters for this age group, know what to expect for science teaching and learning for their child, and think about how they can support their child’s science learning journey.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Science
- Schools
- Guides for parents
Including Students with High Needs Primary Schools
Published: 10 Jul 2013
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.
- Audience:
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- High needs
- Special education
- Inclusion
- Ethical standards
- Stand Children's Services Tu Maia Whanau
- Inclusive practices
- Group Special Education (GSE)
- Resource Teachers: Learning and Behaviour (RTLB)
- Primary
Learning in a Covid-19 World: How school leadership rose to the challenge
Published: 10 Dec 2020
Principals and school leaders have taken on a lot of responsibility during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Education Review Office interviewed principals and board chairs and surveyed 1777 principals across the country from May through to September 2020 to understand how they have responded. This summary highlights how those school leaders rose to the challenge.
- Audience:
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- COVID-19
- Leadership
- Schools
- School leaders
Promoting Success for Māori Students Schools’ Progress
Published: 10 May 2010
This 2010 report evaluates how schools have promoted success for Māori students since ERO’s previous national report in 2006. The success of Māori students at school is a matter of national interest and priority. ERO has published five national evaluation reports on this topic since 2001. These have identified system-wide issues and recommended steps to be taken by schools and by the Ministry of Education to promote success for Māori in education.
- Audience:
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Students
- Māori student achievement
Learning in a Covid-19 World: The Impact of Covid-19 on Schools
Published: 19 Jan 2021
To understand what the challenges of Covid-19 were in 2020 and how schools responded, the Education Review Office spoke to schools and surveyed over 2500 principals and teachers across the country. This report presents our findings on how Covid-19 impacted students, teachers and schools, how schools responded and what they learnt, and the challenges schools expect they might face in future alert level changes.
- Audience:
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- COVID-19
- Schools
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
Bullying Prevention and Response Guide Schools' Awareness and Use
Published: 09 Feb 2015
Children at many schools in New Zealand experience bullying. The Bullying Prevention Advisory Group, set up by the Secretary for Education, has developed a resource called Bullying prevention and response: A guide for schools.
ERO asked 129 schools reviewed during Term 3, 2014 about their use of the guide. Most schools were aware of the resource and more than a third had used it. Schools most commonly used the guide as a tool to review their bullying policies and procedures.
- Audience:
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Bullying
Covid-19: Impact on schools and early childhood services - Interim Report
Published: 28 Aug 2020
ERO has a comprehensive and fast-tracked work programme underway to understand the ongoing impact of Covid-19 on students, services and schools, and on teaching and learning in Aotearoa New Zealand in the English and Māori medium education sectors.
- Audience:
- Early learning
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- COVID-19
- Early childhood services
- Schools
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
Evaluation at a glance: What ERO knows about effective schools
Published: 09 Mar 2011
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:
- A focus on the learner
- Leadership in an inclusive culture
- Effective teaching
- Engagement with parents, whānau and communities
- Coherent policies and practice in a cycle of continuous self review
- Audience:
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Evaluation
- Schools
- Community