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Collaboration in practice: insights into implementation

Published: 02 Apr 2019

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.

Audience:
Early learning
Education
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Collaboration
Communities of Learning | Kāhui ako

The Collection and Use of Assessment Information in Schools

Published: 01 Mar 2007

Knowing what students know and can do is fundamental to effective teaching and students’ learning. Teachers need to assess student achievement to know whether or not their teaching is meeting the learning needs of their students.

In 2006, ERO evaluated how effectively schools collected and used assessment information. This report details the findings of that evaluation and recommends what can be done to make assessment practices in schools more effective.

Audience:
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Assessment
Assessment information

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

Published: 01 Jun 2007

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. The report also includes three detailed case studies.

Audience:
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Good practice
Assessment

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

Published: 01 Jun 2007

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. It highlights characteristics common to high quality assessment practices and includes examples of good practice.

Audience:
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Secondary
Assessment

Continuity of learning transitions from early childhood services to schools

Published: 19 Jun 2015

This report looks at how well New Zealand early childhood services and schools are supporting transitions to school and highlights what's important and examples of good practice.

Audience:
Early learning
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Communities of Learning | Kāhui ako
Resourcing
Collaboration

Evaluation at a glance: A decade of assessment in New Zealand Primary Schools - Practice and trends

Published: 24 Apr 2018

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. 

Audience:
Education
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Evaluation
Assessment
Formative assessment
The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)
Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA)

Case studies - Aotea College Case Study: Improving Māori student wellbeing and achievement

Published: 28 May 2018

Improvement in Action brings to life ERO’s School Evaluation Indicators and illustrates what works to achieve successful outcomes for all children and young people in the education system.

The case studies complement the video sequences in Improvement in Action.

Audience:
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Educultural Wheel
Tātaiako
Positive Behaviour for Learning (PB4L)
Communities of Learning | Kāhui ako

Communities of Learning Kāhui Ako - Collaboration to Improve Learner Outcomes

Published: 25 Jan 2017

This publication is designed to support Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako by bringing together research findings about effective collaboration in education communities. It is supported by the publication Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako: working towards collaborative practice.

Audience:
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Communities of Learning | Kāhui ako
Collaboration to improve learner outcomes
Pasifika
Special education

Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako in action

Published: 25 Jan 2017

This is the first of a series of iterative reports which draw together what ERO knows about CoL | Kāhui Ako, as they move from establishment to implementation.

Audience:
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Communities of Learning | Kāhui ako
Progress and Consistency Tool (PaCT)

Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako: Working towards collaborative practice

Published: 25 Jan 2017

An additional resource to Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako: Collaboration to Improve Learner Outcomes. This resource is designed to support CoL | Kāhui Ako as they work towards effective collaborative practice. It is framed around key questions in each of the seven effective practice areas and is able to be used both as evidence-based progressions and as a useful internal evaluation tool.

Audience:
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Communities of Learning | Kāhui ako

Working with the National Standards: Raising student achievement in reading, writing and mathematics

Published: 06 Apr 2011

This is the latest report in the series of ERO's national evaluation reports about the implementation of the National Standards in English-medium schools with students in Years 1 to 8.The evaluation involved 237 schools reviewed by ERO in Terms 3 and 4, 2010. The report indicates that schools are still at varying stages of working with the National Standards.

Audience:
Education
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Reading
Writing
Mathematics
Self-review
National Administrative Guidelines (NAGs)

Partners in Learning: Good Practice

Published: 01 Sep 2008

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. The report also discusses key factors that contribute to the success of this engagement.

Audience:
Parents
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Parents
Engagement
Community
School culture
Communities of Learning | Kāhui ako

Collaboration in practice: insights into implementation

Published: 02 Apr 2019

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.

Audience:
Early learning
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Collaboration
Communities of Learning | Kāhui ako

Reading and Writing in Years 1 and 2

Published: 02 Dec 2009

This Education Review Office (ERO) evaluation focused on how effectively reading and writing was taught in the first two years of schooling, and on how well teachers used assessment information to plan and evaluate their teaching.

Audience:
Early learning
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Reading
Writing
Curriculum
National Administrative Guidelines (NAGs)
Instructional teaching

Keeping children engaged and achieving in writing

Published: 11 Jun 2019

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.

Audience:
Education
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Engagement
Achievement
Writing

NCEA Observational Studies

Published: 16 Jul 2019

Audience:
Education
Māori-medium
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA)
Observational Studies
Curriculum
Pedagogy
Assessment
Wellbeing
Pathways