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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

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

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

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

Effective school evaluation: how to do and use internal evaluation for improvement

Published: 19 Nov 2015

This guide to using internal evaluation for improvement purposes is published jointly by ERO and the Ministry of Education as a companion to School Evaluation Indicators: Effective Practice for Improvement and Learner Success and is supported by Internal Evaluation: Good Practice.

Audience:: Māori-medium; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Evaluation; Internal evaluation; Pasifika; English-medium; Raising achievement; Improvement

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

How ERO reviews

Published: 04 Mar 2021

ERO reviews all early childhood services, kōhanga reo, schools and kura to help their learners flourish. We focus on what’s working well for learners/ākonga and what can improve.

Audience:: Academics; Early learning; Māori-medium; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Basic page

Topics:: Kōhanga Reo; Kura; Early childhood services; Evaluation; Schools; School hostels; International students

Responding to Covid-19: Supporting Auckland NCEA students - Summary

Published: 25 Aug 2021

This short summary accompanies the full report Responding to the Covid-19 crisis: Supporting Auckland NCEA students. It outlines the key findings from ERO’s evaluation of three Te Kura programmes aimed at supporting Auckland NCEA students following the lockdowns in 2020. This summary briefly lists who these targeted programmes reached, their impact, and lessons for responding to future lockdowns.

Audience:: Academics; Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre; Whānau; COVID-19; English-medium; Learning; Māori; Māori ākonga / learners; Māori and Pacific learners; National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA); Pasifika; Students; Teaching; Wellbeing

Te Kahu Whakahaumaru: Māori continue to show resilience across Māori-medium education

Published: 10 Dec 2020

In Aotearoa, Māori-medium education experienced significant disruption when the outbreak of Covid-19 forced kura to close their doors, and whānau and kaiako to adjust to home schooling and distance learning. Among the many challenges were access to technology and resources with Māori communities among the most affected.

Audience:: Education; Māori-medium; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: COVID-19; Early Childhood Education (ECE); Schools; Māori-medium; Teachers | Kaiako; Resilience; Te Pou Mataaho | Evaluation and Research Māori

Responding to the Covid-19 crisis: Supporting Auckland NCEA students

Published: 25 Aug 2021

In 2020, Auckland students were particularly affected by Covid-19 and extra support was provided to them. Following this, ERO undertook an evaluation of three Te Kura programmes aimed at supporting Auckland NCEA students. This report outlines the findings of this evaluation - including the reach and impact of the programmes, and lessons for future responses.

Audience:: Academics; Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre; Whānau; COVID-19; English-medium; Learning; Māori; Māori ākonga / learners; Māori and Pacific learners; National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA); Pasifika; Students; Teaching; Wellbeing

Learning in a Covid-19 World: The Impact of Covid-19 on Early Childhood Education

Published: 19 Jan 2021

Early childhood education services had to quickly adapt to changing requirements and periods of uncertainty due to Covid-19 in 2020. ERO undertook work to understand how this affected early childhood education services. This report presents our findings on how Covid-19 impacted children, whānau and services, how services responded and what they learnt, and the challenges that services expect they might face in future alert level changes.

Audience:: Early learning; Education; Parents

Content type:: Research

Topics:: COVID-19; Early Childhood Education (ECE); Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre

Mahi Ngātahi, Tupu Ngātahi, Evaluation Report for Kura Kaupapa Māori

Published: 17 Nov 2021

Central to this report is the common reflection of participating kura kaupapa Māori, that their journeys, both as individuals and as kura whānau, are stories of collective aspirations held within the narrative of establishment, building and subsequent maintenance of their respective kura and kaupapa.

Audience:: Māori-medium

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Kōhanga Reo; Te Kōhanga Reo

E kore au e ngaro, Evaluation Report for Ngā Kura ā-Iwi

Published: 19 Nov 2021

This report is the reflection of Kura ā-Iwi on their developmental journeys, both as individuals, whānau and as kura. Their collective aspirations are captured within the summary of conditions outlined as Ako: Teaching & Learning, Whānau & Connectedness, Tikanga Māori (Māori process and protocol), and Tuakiri: Identity.

Audience:: Māori-medium

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Kōhanga Reo; Te Kōhanga Reo

New ERO research finds targeted programmes successful in supporting NCEA students after lockdown

Published: 25 Aug 2021

A new report from the Education Review Office (ERO) has found that tailored programmes were successful in supporting Auckland NCEA students learning after lockdown last year.

Audience:: Academics; Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: News article

Topics:: Te Ihuwaka; Whānau; COVID-19; English-medium; Learning; Māori; Māori ākonga / learners; Māori and Pacific learners; National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA); Pasifika; Students; Teaching; Wellbeing; Whānau

Early mathematics: a guide for improving teaching and learning

Published: 22 Mar 2016

This guide describes how children can be supported to become confident and capable mathematical learners in the early years.

Audience:: Early learning; Parents

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Early childhood curriculum; Early Childhood Education (ECE); Mathematics; Early mathematics

Framework for Kōhanga Reo reviews

Published: 31 Mar 2021

This framework contains information about the process that the Education Review Office (ERO) uses for managing kōhanga reo reviews. This information forms part of ERO’s standard procedures for reviews of kōhanga reo.

Audience:: Early learning; Education; Māori-medium; Parents

Content type:: Basic page

Topics:: Kōhanga Reo; Standard Procedures; Te Aho Matua

Te Kura Huanui: The treasures of successful pathways

Published: 08 Jul 2021

Te Kura Huanui: The treasures of successful pathways and supporting documentaries explore the Māori-medium education pathway, through a rich collection of interviews and research conducted in partnership with early founders, whānau, leaders, graduates, kaiako, kaimahi and kaumatua.

Audience:: Māori-medium

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Best practice; Community; Diversity; Equitable outcomes; Immersion; Inclusion; Identity; Kōhanga Reo; Kauapapa Māori; Kura; Knowledge building; Māori-medium; Mātauranga Māori; Māori student achievement; Māori parents and whanau; Māori learners; Māori immersion; Māori Education Evaluation; Manaakitanga; Māori; Literacy and numeracy; Methodology; Te Kōhanga Reo; Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust; Te reo Māori; Te Rūnanga Nui o ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Aotearoa; Teachers | Kaiako; Teaching; Tikanga Māori; Te ao Māori; Wellbeing; Whānau; Whanaungatanga; Children's success

Māori succeeding as Māori

Published: 04 Sep 2017

A school principal talks about how he works with his school community to develop an environment where Māori learners are supported and can succeed as Māori.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Improvement; Māori student achievement; Māori; Leadership; Evaluation indicators; Video; Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

Partnerships between home and community

Published: 04 Sep 2017

This school seeks every opportunity to connect with the groups within its multicultural community to support those groups to connect to one another as well as engage with the school and their children’s learning.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Improvement; Relationships; Evaluation indicators; Leadership; Video; Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

Stewardship: working relationships

Published: 04 Sep 2017

At Invercargill Middle School, the way in which school trustees and leaders work together fosters an appreciative and respectful environment that acknowledges the contributions of everyone in the learning community.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Improvement; Stewardship; Evaluation indicators; Video; Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua