Education: testing times - New Zealand Listener

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New Zealand Listener
STAR is owned and run by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER), a highly respected statutory body with a reputation for thorough, credible, unbiased research. The e-asTTle test is owned and run by the Ministry of Education.

Grade-inflation alarm sparks Ministry probe - New Zealand Listener

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URL: Grade-inflation alarm sparks Ministry probe New Zealand Listener Teachers use the results – along with their own observations and judgments – to work out National Standards grades. John Carrodus, principal of Edmonton Primary, says: “According to e-asTTle, we've got sows' ears out here that we've turned into silk ...

Charter schools exemption 'unconstitutional' - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Charter schools exemption 'unconstitutional' Stuff.co.nz Chief Ombudsman Dame Beverley Wakem's plea was made during the first public submissions into the Education Amendment Bill in Parliament yesterday. The bill seeks to introduce charter schools, clarify the role of boards of trustees, and amend provisions ...

Charter schools exemption from OIAs defended - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Associate Education Minister John Banks has defended a proposed law change that would exempt charter schools from scrutiny under the Official Information Act, saying they will be more accountable than other schools. Chief Ombudsman Dame Beverley ...

Schools fume at Novopay memo - TVNZ

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Coulam backed the move from the New Zealand Principals' Federation to move the deadline for National Standards data, annual plans and charters back a month from March 1 to April 1, to allow school staff to catch up on missed work because of Novopay ...