Parata seeks league table agreement - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Parata seeks league table agreement Stuff.co.nz Key yesterday said national standards information could now be revealed under the Official Information Act and media could put together their own rankings.

Parata not surprised by PM's league table comments - Radio New Zealand

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She says his comments are consistent with what the Government has been saying since introducing national standards. Hekia Parata says parents want ...

Parata not looking for 'a fight' over league tables - TVNZ

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The Government is pushing ahead with a plan for a ranking system based on data gleaned from the National Standards scheme. Parata said she wanted to work ...

Close Up: Tuesday, June 19 - TVNZ

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Mark Sainsbury talks to Professor Martin Thrupp from Waikato University, who's researched National Standards, and Steve Thomas from the Maxim Institute.

Measuring schools' performance - Otago Daily Times

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URL: Measuring schools' performance Otago Daily Times One of the objections to the institution of National Standards was indeed the ... It is likely National Standards statistics will become available to the media under ... Principals against league tables The Bay of Plenty Times School league tables 'would be damaging' Stuff.co.nz Parata not looking for 'a fight' over league tables TVNZ National Business Review -Taranaki Daily News

Iwi Education Authority supports league tables - Radio New Zealand

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He says it makes sense to introduce them for primary schools, using national standards data. The Iwi Education Authority, which represents 23 kura, says it ...

League tables for schools should be debated - Key - New Zealand Herald

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Should the Government create league tables to measure National Standards compliance in ... No, National Standards aren't the only measurement for schools ...

League tables a distraction from problems in education - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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This is an unnecessary distraction from improving student achievement which ... in secondary schools through ranking schools according to NCEA pass rates. ... tables there is strong evidence that teachers are required to teach to the test.

PM Should Back Leaders Not League Tables

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School principals are questioning how the Prime Minister can expect parents to get honest, clear and comprehensive information about a school’s performance when it is based on league tables representing unreliable national standards data in two ...

Principals against league tables - The Bay of Plenty Times

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URL: Principals against league tables The Bay of Plenty Times Mr Key said parents were using deciles "as a de facto form of assessment" of schools ... that the information would settle down over time, just as it did with NCEA. ... "We're not talking about a national test, we're talking about a national standard ... Parata seeks league table agreement Stuff.co.nz

Choosing a school requires homework - Nelson Mail

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URL: Choosing a school requires homework Nelson Mail Prime Minister John Key has signalled support for a "coherent league table", given that national standards results now being collated will be obtainable by the ... PM backs school decile system New Zealand Herald Call to hide decile ratings from parents TVNZ

School league tables 'would be damaging' - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: School league tables 'would be damaging' Stuff.co.nz When putting together a national standards score, teachers used a number of ... "But national standards and league tables ranking schools will do nothing to ... Parata keen to avoid another fight with teachersNew Zealand Herald Principals worried by league tablesTaranaki Daily News Parata not looking for 'a fight' over league tablesTVNZ Timaru Herald -National Business Review -Radio New Zealand

Schools reject league tables - Timaru Herald

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Teacher unions have argued they were inevitable after the Government's controversial national standards were introduced in 2010. The Education Ministry is ...

We don't need league tables - kura group - Radio New Zealand

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Prime Minister John Key believes league tables are useful to parents who want to know how schools are performing - using information from national standards.

Let's turn tables on rankings - Wairarapa Times-Age

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This plays into the hands of unions who were adamant that would happen when the controversial national standards regime was introduced in 2010. From what ...

League tables and the media, Ctd | Whale Oil Beef Hooked | A blog ...

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This NZPF/NZEI unionist and activist has been brainwashing parents for years but failed in his nasty little campaign against National Standards. He also failed in his sneaky campaign to take over the school trustees ...

If it's not one thing it's another in Education. « Red Alert

URL: If it's not one thing it's another in <b>Education</b>. « Red Alert:
We have since found that there is a huge variance between schools and within schools as to how the Overall Teacher Judgment impact on a student's assessment. Parents want to know how well their child is doing while they are at ... Labour tabled research in the House which showed that larger classes for our youngest, most vulnerable and disadvantaged learners did not improve achievement outcomes. Labour committed to reversing such a silly policy. Vigourous ...

Ministers told to back up school autonomy claims - Frankstonweekly

Ministers told to back up school autonomy claims
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... not provide ''system-wide gains in student performance or learning'', according to the head researcher for the New Zealand Council for Educational Research and more »

Connecting learning and teaching to the real lives of Māori secondary school students

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Te Puna Wānanga Seminar with Professor Wally Penetito, Victoria University of Wellington.
Room D11, D block, Faculty of Education, Gate 1, 78 Epsom Ave, Epsom (View map) 3 July 2012

Financial literacy programme a first for tertiary education - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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“Our research with Visa found there was a gap in professional development .... Teachers to share Shanghai learning with their students 19/06/12 | Asia New Z..

Study finds that less than half of financial literacy tutors working with ... - Interest.co.nz

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"Who is teaching the teachers? .... there was an identified gap in the professional development of New Zealand tertiary teachers when it came to money matters.

Time to focus on achieving best possible results for our children - Gisborne Herald

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URL: Time to focus on achieving best possible results for our children Gisborne Herald Having made the case for investing in quality teaching (if not for the class-size changes to fund this) the Government needs to find the money for it. Government again accused of education flip-flop3News NZ Govt may consider league tables for schoolsNewstalk ZB

Measuring schools' performance - Otago Daily Times

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URL: Measuring schools' performance Otago Daily Times Those who prize education as a means to offer their offspring an ... further the temperature in exchanges on the business of assessing educational effectiveness. ... launched its "Schools-Plus" website providing detailed information on school ... Principals against league tablesThe Bay of Plenty Times School league tables 'would be damaging'Stuff.co.nz League tables 'for sport, not schools'New Zealand Herald Voxy -Radio New Zealand -Newstalk ZB

Principals losing confidence in special needs education

Principals losing confidence in special needs education: Some secondary principals say they are being forced to discriminate against children with special needs.
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Special education principals: Retain residential schools

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Special Education principals today urged the Government to retain some residential facilities around the country. Submissions closed last week on the future of residential special needs schools.

Truancy contracts bad news for 150 officers

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More than 150 truancy officers may lose their jobs as the Education Ministry takes truancy services from schools' hands.

Regional polytechnics battered by government cuts

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Annual reports from twelve of the country’s eighteen polytechnics show that the government is drastically cutting funding to polytechnics, and especially regional community polytechnics. Across the twelve polytechnics that have released their 2011 ...

Christchurch rebuild money goes unspent - TVNZ

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Meanwhile, one of the city's key training providers, Christchurch's polytech, says it has got a lot of interest in its trades courses, with the number of students ... and more »