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In this paper Glasgow brings a Pacific voice to the debate about how the indicators should be revised. She argues that the care and education of young children has become infused with western, middle- class values and ideologies, institutionalised, normative, and separated from relationships and contexts. Following widespread consultation there was an expectation that Te Whāriki (1996) would directly speak to the needs of Pacific peoples, but this did not happen.

In her introduction, Berryman offers a brief critique of the current set of evaluation indicators and their framing. While broadly approving, she expresses concern that the relational and dynamic nature of the Dimension 6 indicators is not made explicit. Even more fundamental, although the document references the Treaty of Waitangi in the Introduction, the wording casts Māori in a recipient role rather than as one of two equals in a partnership.

State or state-integrated schools/kura that are new, merged, newly state-integrated or changing their status have a New School Assurance Review after they have completed their Readiness Review. We do the review within the first year of the school’s operation. This page covers the review process and documents needed included the School Evaluation Indicators and the School Self Audit and Assurance Statement.

Contact details for general enquiries and ERO offices.

Reviews of private schools have a different process to state/state-integrated school reviews. We report to the Secretary for Education on whether your private school meets the criteria for registration. This page covers the process for private school reviews and includes the Assurance Statement and Self-audit checklist and the fit and proper person attestation.

People in New Zealand can make a request for official information held by ERO and view the responses where the information is in public interest.

ERO reviews school hostels as part of Education Reviews of schools. This information document is provided to proprietors of integrated schools prior to ERO reviewing their school hostel. It provides information on licensing provisions and the evidence gathered during a hostel review.

We review state or state-integrated schools/kura that are new, merged, newly state-integrated or changing their status. These schools will have a Readiness Review and then a New Schools Assurance Review.

The School Improvement Framework is for use throughout your school’s evaluation cycle as part of Te Ara Huarau. 

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.

We review school hostels and stand-alone hostels. This page links to the school hostel regulations and explains what happens in an ERO review of a hostel. The Hostel Assurance Statement and Self-audit checklist can be found on this page.

State or state-integrated schools/kura that are new, merged, newly state-integrated or changing their status will have a Readiness Review. This page shows how these reviews are conducted.

Information for private schools on the private school report structure. Includes information on criterion for private school registration.

This document is provided to schools with international students prior to their ERO review. ERO evaluates the quality of education provided for international students.

This page explains how we work with you to review your English-medium school/kura. You will find our evaluation for improvement process and the documents that you will need during your evaluation including the evaluation indicators and school self audit and assurance statement.

This ERO summary report focuses on how Kingslea School supports educational provision and positive ākonga outcomes at five Oranga Tamariki residences.

The survey was developed to elicit perspectives of principals involved in the initial implementation of the Schools: Evaluation for Improvement Approach in 75 schools across New Zealand. The survey items were developed in collaboration with the Education Review Office to ensure questions reflected key domains of interest. The survey incorporated Likert scale items, and open-ended items.

Wylie reports that there is very little research on the relationship between school governance and student learning. She suggests two reasons for this: (i) governance boards are not an essential feature of effective schools and (ii) it can be hard to separate the contribution of boards from that of school leaders, particularly where a board is school- based.

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.