Massey Primary School
Murchison Area School
Central Normal School
201 Featherston Street, Palmerston North
- Content type:
- Institution
Ethnic diversity in New Zealand state schools
Published: 01 Jan 2018
This article originally appeared in ERO Insights - Term 1, 2018 and explores how the ethnic diversity of the primary and secondary school roll has changed in New Zealand since 2009, and whether these changes are leading to more diverse or more segregated schools.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Early learning
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Ethnic diversity
- Diversity
- Cultural diversity
- State schools
Schools: Evaluation for Improvement Approach: implementation case studies
Published: 29 Apr 2022
This report represents the final phase in the external evaluation of the initial implementation of the approach with the initial group of 75 schools. The intended audience for this report is ERO senior leadership team. It is intended that this report will be used formatively to consider opportunities for refinement and improvement of the approach.
- Audience:
- Education
- Schools
- Content type:
- Basic page
New Schools approach: From concept to reality
Published: 18 May 2021
ERO’s role is to ensure that New Zealanders can have confidence in our education system. ERO wants every school to be a great school and a great place to learn for every learner. We all acknowledge that schools are busy, complex entities with competing priorities and multiple demands on their time and resources. In order to support schools in this challenge, ERO is adopting a new way of working with the sector.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Early learning
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- News article
Guidance and Counselling in Schools: Survey Findings
Published: 30 Jul 2013
This report presents the findings of three online surveys about the current provision of guidance and counselling in schools with students in Years 9 to 13. This is the first phase of work being undertaken by ERO as part of the Prime Minister’s Youth Mental Health Project.
- Audience:
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Guidance
- Counselling
- Child wellbeing
Ongoing impacts of Covid‑19 on schools and learning - Guide for principals
Published: 22 Jun 2023
This guide draws on findings from ERO’s report Long Covid: Ongoing impacts of Covid-19 on schools and learning, providing what we learned from surveying principals, teachers, and learners in 2023.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
Preparing and supporting new principals - a guide for school boards
Published: 13 Jul 2023
ERO looked at how new principals are doing in their first five years in the role. We found that new principals are not always well prepared, and many are not confident about their new range of responsibilities. School boards can make a big difference in setting new principals up for success.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
Attendance - Getting back to school: A guide for parents and whānau
Published: 21 Feb 2023
It is important for learners to attend school regularly. The Education Reviews Office (ERO) looked what helps children go to school, and what makes it harder. This guide will help parents to see why attendance matters, and how they can help their child to get the most out of school.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
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
Te Ara Huarau: a new approach for school evaluations: Slide Pack Presentation
Published: 15 Apr 2021
Slides that can be used in presenting information about Te Ara Huarau. It covers what has informed this new approach, principles and values, what will the approach look like and what happens next.
- Audience:
- Education
- Schools
- Content type:
- Basic page
Teaching, School and Leadership Practices survey
Published: 18 May 2021
New Zealand Council for Educational Research has a helpful online tool for school self-review.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Early learning
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Schools
- Content type:
- News article
Long Covid: Ongoing impacts of Covid‑19 on schools and learning - Summary
Published: 22 Jun 2023
Since 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has caused significant disruption to schools, their staff, learners, and whānau. Three years on from the start of the pandemic, this report has found significant and concerning ongoing impacts on learners’ progress, particularly for learners in poorer communities, and on teachers and principals.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
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
Effective School Review: Considerations in the framing, definition, identification and selection of indicators of education quality and their potential use in evaluation in the school setting
Published: 27 May 2021
In this paper, the author describes how the current widespread interest in indicators of education quality is the result of three converging strands: school effectiveness research, school improvement research, and information technology. From the beginning there has been a tension between the use of indicators for accountability and improvement purposes; where the balance is struck significantly influences the indicators themselves, how they are organised in domains, and how they are used in practice.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Content type:
- Basic page
Schools' Provision for Gifted and Talented Students
Published: 01 Jun 2018
In 2008 the Education Review Office evaluated schools’ provision for gifted and talented students.
- Audience:
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Gifted and Talented Education (GATE)
- National Administrative Guidelines (NAGs)
Increasing Educational Achievement in Secondary Schools
Published: 15 Aug 2013
This national report presents the findings of ERO’s recent evaluation of the practices used in an initiative to support the improved achievement of a specific group of Year 12 students.
- Audience:
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Achievement
- Evaluation
- Secondary
- At-risk students
Promoting and Supporting Improvement in Schools through External Review
Published: 28 May 2021
In this paper, Timperley begins by discussing the very limited nature of the research literature relating to the impacts of external reviews, adding that this has done nothing to dampen enthusiasm for them or to slow their spread. Nearly every educational jurisdiction that has an external review system mixes both accountability and improvement purposes, setting up an inherent tension.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Content type:
- Basic page