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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

How ERO reviews schools/kura (English-medium)

Published: 31 Mar 2021

This section is for English-medium schools, kura, private schools and homeschoolers working with us during a review.

Audience:: Education; Schools

Content type:: Basic page

Poutama Reo provides unity of purpose in te reo Māori revitalisation

Published: 21 Sep 2022

Equity and excellence, barrier free access to Māori language, culture and identity for all students is a step closer with today’s launch of Poutama Reo the improvement journey for te reo Māori in English-medium schools. It will also benefit whānau, hapū and Iwi.

Audience:: Academics; Early learning; Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: News article

Topics:: Te reo Māori; English-medium; Resources

Children are missing school more in New Zealand than other countries and it is getting worse

Published: 10 Nov 2022

Going to school is crucial for children’s futures and every day of school matters. Yet New Zealand’s attendance is much lower than other countries and is falling.

Audience:: Academics; Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: News article

Topics:: Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre

Alternative Education: Schools and Providers

Published: 30 May 2011

Includes two reports: Secondary Schools and Alternative Education and Good Practice in Alternative Education

Audience:: Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Alternative education (AE); Secondary

Requesting information

Published: 17 Apr 2021

People in New Zealand can request government information (official information) and can expect it to be made available unless there is a good reason to withhold it. This page provides instructions on how to make a request to ERO.

Audience:: Education

Content type:: Basic page

Raising achievement in secondary schools

Published: 30 Jun 2014

This report documents the findings of ERO’s 2013 evaluation of how well 40 secondary schools analysed and responded to their NCEA data.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Raising achievement; Secondary; Māori student achievement

Infants and toddlers competent and confident communicators and explorers

Published: 05 Aug 2015

The report examines how well 235 early childhood services supported infants and toddlers to become competent and confident communicators and explorers.

Audience:: Early learning; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Early learning; Early childhood services; Promoting positive learning outcomes

Evaluation of Teen Parent Units

Published: 31 Oct 2014

This report documents the findings of ERO's 2013 evaluation of Teen Parent Units. ERO found that most of the Units were operating well.

Audience:: Education; Parents

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Teen Parent Units

Essential for early childhood services to address non-compliance

Published: 25 Jul 2022

Review findings over the last few years have identified a growing concern about the rate of non-compliance with regulatory standards and associated licensing criteria in early childhood services.

Over the last three years, ERO found only a slight improvement in the percentage of services meeting regulatory standards from 74-76% in 2020 to 80% in 2022. Services with non-compliance that pose an unacceptable risk to children rose by 4%, from 8% in 2020 to 12% in 2022.

Audience:: Education

Content type:: News article

Wellbeing for Children's Success at Primary School

Published: 19 Feb 2015

This report documents the findings of ERO's evaluation of how well 159 primary schools reviewed in Term 1 2014 promoted and responded to student wellbeing.

Audience:: Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Wellbeing; Primary; Mental health

Priorities for Childrens Learning in Early Childhood Services: Good Practice

Published: 01 Nov 2013

This good practice report presents examples from five early childhood services where priorities for children’s learning were well considered and reflected on.

Audience:: Early learning; Māori-medium; Parents

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Early childhood services; Good practice; Te Whāriki; Māori; Pacific

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

Working with National Standards: Good practice

Published: 18 Jun 2012

ERO has released a series of reports about the National Standards since their introduction in 2010. This latest report focuses on eight schools that are working well with the standards.

Audience:: Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Good practice; National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA); Curriculum; National Administrative Guidelines (NAGs)

How ERO reviews and evaluates early childhood services and governing organisations

Published: 31 Mar 2021

This section explains what reviews we do and how we review your early childhood service. This includes centre-based, home-based and hospital-based education and care services. It explains our different approaches to reviews Akanuku | Assurance Reviews, Akarangi | Quality Evaluations and Education Reviews.

Audience:: Early learning; Education

Content type:: Basic page

Topics:: Early learning

Newsletter - May 2021

Published: 18 May 2021

Audience:: Early learning

Content type:: Basic page

Secondary-Tertiary Programmes (Trades Academies) What works and next steps

Published: 30 Jul 2015

The report examines how well 15 of New Zealand's Secondary-Tertiary Programmes (STPs or Trades Academies) are meeting the needs of students at risk of not staying or succeeding in education.

Audience:: Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Secondary-Tertiary Programmes (Trades Academies); Secondary; Youth Guarantee Programme; Pastoral care

Homeschools

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.

Audience:: Education; Schools

Content type:: Basic page

Topics:: Home-based education

Education Now

Published: 03 Jun 2022

Education Now provides schools with tools to gather the perspectives of leaders, teachers, students and Whānau

Audience:: Education; Schools

Content type:: Basic page

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