Strategic Intentions 2023-2026
Published: 16 Aug 2023
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- Education
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Published: 16 Aug 2023
Published: 06 Apr 2021
Proactively released Ministerial briefings to the Minister of Education.
Published: 31 Mar 2021
We review the performance and assess the quality of pre-tertiary education providers in relation to the educational services they provide. Several different types of reviews and evaluations are carried out—from scheduled to system-level national evaluations of education sector performance and policy.
Published: 31 Mar 2021
If your child or children are homeschooled, we may carry out a homeschooling review when requested by the Secretary for Education, or in other particular circumstances. This page details the process we go through for homeschool reviews.
Published: 25 Nov 2021
The Education Review Office (ERO) has released the results of its evaluation of Te Aho o te Kura Pounamu (Te Kura). The report considers how well the current education system settings and implementation practices enable Te Kura to meet the needs of its ākonga and the government’s overall expectations of Te Kura.
Published: 13 Dec 2021
This summary is based on several research publications and articles sourced from the world-wide web. Most research findings are informed by quantitative and qualitative data. UNESCO and UNICEF publications have been major sources of information but are not the only source.
Published: 12 Apr 2021
New reports, published today by the Education Review Office (ERO), highlight the importance of high-quality science teaching for improving outcomes in science for New Zealand tamariki.
Published: 24 May 2021
In her introduction, Thornton says that there is a lack of empirical research focused on effective leadership practice in early childhood education. This mirrors a silence on the subject in the original Te Whāriki (1996). The recent revision of Te Whāriki (2017) provides specific guidance under each of the strands, but this is directed at kaiako leadership rather than positional or professional leadership.
Published: 12 May 2022
Our new research, published today, shows that Covid-19 has disproportionally and significantly impacted Pacific learners.
Published: 08 Dec 2023
Published: 01 Jul 2021
Children and young people who are placed in Oranga Tamariki residential care are among the most at risk of poor outcomes later in life. Education can change that. This report looks at the quality of education for students in Oranga Tamariki Care and Protection and Youth Justice residences and how it can be improved.
Published: 18 May 2021
Science is important - we rely on scientific thinking in almost every endeavour in our modern society. Covid-19 has shown us how important science is and, with science-related issues such as climate change and vaccines increasingly impacting on society, it is essential that we have high quality science education.
Published: 29 Jun 2021
This ERO summary report focuses on how education provision at Te Poutama Ārahi Rangatahi supports positive ākonga outcomes
Published: 06 Dec 2021
Published: 04 Mar 2021
Published: 18 May 2021
In June 2020, ERO published the report Overseas Trained Teachers: Adjusting to living and working in New Zealand. The report focused on the experiences of Overseas Trained Teachers (OTTs), who had recently arrived, in adjusting to working and living in New Zealand.
Given the Covid-19 global pandemic has placed strict restrictions on New Zealand’s borders, ERO returned to the same OTTs to check on how they were coping with the pandemic.
Published: 19 Apr 2018
ERO visited Samuel Language Academy in March 2018.
Published: 28 Sep 2022
A quality, inclusive early childhood education is important for all children. It is especially important for children who need support to be fully included, and to learn and play alongside their peers. It helps them have better learning and life outcomes – both today and into their futures.
Published: 28 Jan 2022
The Education Review Office - Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga (ERO) today released research reports exploring the impact of the 2021 second wave of national lockdowns on Māori learner success. The three reports reveal the compounding impacts of the pandemic with many Māori learners and whānau continuing to face inadequate access to household necessities, digital devices, internet connectivity, and a lack of suitable resources for te reo Māori learning.
Published: 28 Mar 2024
New research from the Education Review Office (ERO) has found that disruptive behaviour in New Zealand’s classrooms is worse than other countries, is a rapidly growing problem, and is getting in the way of learning.