Teachers aren't to blame for low achievement, says ERO - Newstalk ZB

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URL: Teachers aren't to blame for low achievement, says ERO Newstalk ZB A report out from the Education Review Office today suggests teachers are not to blame for low achievement levels in some students. New national standards data shows Maori and Pasifika pupils are performing worse than others. Today, the ERO has ...

Govt accused of wasting education funds - Newstalk ZB

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Figures released by Education Minister Hekia Parata show more than 70 per cent of students are at or above the achievement rate, slightly better than last year. However, boys are still trailing girls in all areas, and Maori and Pasifika children ...

National Standards data shows increase but 'disparity still exists' - TVNZ

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URL: National Standards data shows increase but 'disparity still exists' TVNZ However, Parata admitted that shows disparity continues to exist in the education system, in particular achievement is significantly lower for Maori and Pasifika learners than for others, and boys trail girls. This is the first year that National ...

Tough luck, teachers

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Early childhood teachers are being asked to take pay cuts, slash hours and even quit while parents face higher fees.Three years after the Government capped funding for qualified workers in early childhood centres from 100 per cent...

Students discuss learning intentions

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Secondary students from Wellington College and Wellington East Girls College discuss their experiences with learning intentions. They challenge us to think about how to make these learning intentions more effective.

Banks' education epiphany leaves Peters unconvinced - waateanews.com

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ACT leader John Banks is playing up the support he has got from the Maori Party and some Maori educationalists for his Education Amendment Bill that allows publicly-funded private schools. Mr Peters says the Epsom MP has discovered Maori education ...

Herald on National Standards | Kiwiblog

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The problem is that the government's National Standards don't provide any basis for doing it, because there is no standard or national testing involved. I grant you that I'm wasting my breath, though – if people can't recognise ...

Will Fairfax respond to unfairness of school comparisons? - Scoop.co.nz

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It has become increasing clear that it is impossible to use National Standards data for comparing the achievement of schools. It was obvious from the outset that the data was raw data that doesn't take account of differences in the nature of school ...

National standards show gender gap widening - 3News NZ

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The second full year of National Standards data released by the Government shows a small increase in achievement across the board, the Education Minister Hekia Parata says. Released today, the data from more than 2000 primary and intermediate schools ...

National Standards and Nga Whanaketanga Rumaki Maori data released - Invest in NZ

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“We are also looking to introduce the Progress and Consistency Tool for National Standards and Te Waharoa Ararau for Nga Whanaketanga Rumaki Maori later this year which will help support teachers to make reliable and consistent judgements.''

Kids' achievement data 'unreliable' - Stuff.co.nz

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National standards data, released by Education Minister Hekia Parata today, show increases of between 1 and 2 per cent for reading, writing and mathematics nationally in 2012 compared with 2011. But Canterbury Primary Principals' Association president ...

Students' achievement 'increasing' - Stuff.co.nz

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The latest national standards data shows an increase in achievement particularly for Pacific children, according to figures released today. But they also revealed some "concerning trends", including a decline in achievement at different year-levels ...

Novopay: Another senior staff member resigns

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A second Education Ministry manager has resigned in the wake of the Ministerial Inquiry into the troubled Novopay school payroll system.The ministry's Deputy Secretary Anne Jackson resigned on Tuesday.Today Acting Secretary for...

PPTA mounts lawsuit over $100m Novopay system

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The Post Primary Teachers Association is suing the acting Secretary for Education, Peter Hughes, for damages over the Novopay school payroll system.