Website confirmed for national standards data - New Zealand Herald

URL: Website confirmed for national standards data
New Zealand Herald
"Having robust, quality data that helps us all to understand and support a student's learning is one of the ways we are working to achieve this, and this is a key feature of high performance education systems internationally," Ms Parata said. The five ...

School children 'set to fail' - The Ashburton Guardian

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URL: School children 'set to fail' The Ashburton Guardian It is expected the information will also be split into both female and male Maori and Pasifika groups, as well as linking an overall performance of education region by region. Mr Livingstone believes the website is a waste of resources and says schools ...

School's national standards results to go online - TVNZ

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URL: School's national standards results to go online TVNZ Ranking schools on performance would require a national test, which was not used in New Zealand. "What we ... Secondary school results from the National Certificate in Educational Achievement (NCEA) would also be added to the site soon, Parata said.

Herald on school data | Kiwiblog

URL: Herald on school data | Kiwiblog
The data and league tables shouldn't be published until a moderation scheme or a national testing scheme linked to national standards is worked out though. I agree that many schools would fudge their results if they're not ...

Risks with Govt's National Standards approach - Voxy

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Voxy
Leaders of principals' and teachers' groups say the Government's plans to publish National Standards data reveal that there is a serious risk of publicly identifying individual primary school students and teachers. The Government plans to publicly ...

School league tables 'detrimental' - SunLive

URL: School league tables 'detrimental'
SunLive
Public Achievement Information will include National Standards data, Education Review Office reports, schools' annual reports and NCEA data. Over time other relevant national and international reports will be added. National Standards data, reported ...

Rapare 9 Here-turi-koka 2012 - TVNZ

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TVNZ
The Associate Minister of Education says he doesn't support the National Standards league tables released by the Education Minister. At this stage, 10% of NZ schools are yet to register their results so they can be updated online for public view. Iwi ...

A league table by any other name - New Zealand Herald

URL: A league table by any other name
New Zealand Herald
The important measure of a child's education is between an individual pupil's results and agreed-upon national standards. Even the least astute observer can probably work out that pupils of well-heeled urban schools where parents are able to subsidise ...

Release of dodgy National Standards data will hurt kids & schools ...

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The Government's plan to release National Standards data will inevitably result in schools being ranked and judged on inaccurate data, Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei said today.

Editorial: Flawed school data no reason not to publish - New Zealand Herald

URL: Editorial: Flawed school data no reason not to publish
New Zealand Herald
The site will not rank schools in league-table fashion, but will show achievement data in regions and how individual schools are performing against National Standards in reading, writing and mathematics in each region and nationally. Aside from the ...

Get The Answers: Transport sector shows gap in youth career paths - New Zealand Herald

URL: Get The Answers: Transport sector shows gap in youth career paths
New Zealand Herald
More formalised driver education in schools is not just an industry/workforce issue but a road safety issue, and would benefit the economy and society hugely. One of the impediments to attaining licences is cost and this should be reduced. Once people ...

Nats' education plans make sense after all « The Standard

URL: Nats' education plans make sense after all « The Standard
The apparent incoherence of National's position on national standards has been bugging me. They claim that the standards will improve outcomes and are so crucial that schools must be forced to use them whether they want ...

Editorial: Educational tantrums - Southland Times

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Southland Times
Dame Beverley Waken has issued commonsense warning in the face of so much opposition from the education sector to the prospect of the Government publishing schools' national standards results, ERO reports and NCEA data. Opponents warn the national ...

Partnership Schools to raise achievement - AMY ADAMS MP for ...

URL: Partnership Schools to raise achievement - AMY ADAMS MP for ...
They will help lift educational achievement in low decile areas and disadvantaged communities that have been underserved by the education system. “Partnership” captures the concept of our model. The schools will be a ...

Education leader fears 'ghetto' schools - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Education leader fears 'ghetto' schools Stuff.co.nz She was in Waikato last night for a private meeting with board of trustee heads from the wider Hamilton area. Ms Parata fielded questions ranging from the use of unregistered teachers in charter schools to how publishing a school's performance would ...

Dame Anne Salmond: Champion for consensus - New Zealand Herald

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URL: Dame Anne Salmond: Champion for consensus New Zealand Herald Salmond, who sponsors the project, is convinced this kind of collaborative, evidence-based change is the only way to achieve lasting success. She's not a big fan of charter schools, the Government's latest response to under-achievement in poor areas.

Focus on improving Maori education - Hawke's Bay Today

URL: Focus on improving Maori education
Hawke's Bay Today
The programme focused on intensive professional development for teachers and sought to change classroom structure to focus on relationship-based modes of teaching. William Colenso College principal Daniel Murfitt, said the programme was delivering ...

2011 Tertiary Education Performance Report ~ Tertiary Education ...

URL: 2011 Tertiary Education Performance Report ~ Tertiary Education ...
This report captured the 2010 financial, educational, and organisational performance of Tertiary Education Institutions (TEIs), as well as aggregate performance of Private Training Establishments and Industry Training ...

Education 2013 School Staffing Amendment Order 2012

URL: Education 2013 School Staffing Amendment Order 2012
Status: Modified
ID: regulation/public/2012/0205/10.0

Version: as made

Information type: regulation

Legislation type: public

Year: 2012

No: 205

Current as at date: 06/08/2012

Solo parent trap widens gap for rich and poor - Sunday Star Times

URL: Solo parent trap widens gap for rich and poor
Sunday Star Times
“In the past the theory was educated women would have more choice, so wouldn't need to get married,” commission lead researcher Jeremy Robertson said. “But the trend is counter to the ... School exclusions hit Maori, Pasifika boys hardest · South ...

Kohanga Reo established in town - The Ashburton Guardian

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The Ashburton Guardian
Ms Barron, who moved from Dunedin earlier this year, wasted no time in rallying support and establishing a Kohanga Reo (te reo Maori pre-school) in Ashburton, after realising the demand for such a service. She has done it with the help of locals Richie ...

40 years of getting youth on track - New Zealand Herald

URL: 40 years of getting youth on track
New Zealand Herald
When she was in Year 9 at high school she was badly affected by disruption in her family and, after being expelled for disobedience and truancy, went to Youthline's Alternative Education School. She says her ... Young people have been referred to the ...

Aranui, Rangi Ruru 'can be very proud' - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Aranui, Rangi Ruru 'can be very proud' Stuff.co.nz Theatre groups from Rangi Ruru Girls' School and Aranui High School have been awarded at the New Zealand Theatre Federation Canterbury-West Coast Festival. This weekend's festival was comprised of 10 productions representing schools and theatre ...

Young and out of the loop - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: Young and out of the loop Otago Daily Times That is more than all the pupils of the largest secondary school in Otago sitting at home, or kicking a can down a street, with no definable destination in life other than the dole queue. Andy Kilsby, who is the new chief executive of Dunedin-based ...