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New Zealand schools Nga kura o Aotearoa, 2000
Report by the Hon Trevor Mallard, Minister of Education. Covers the key messages of achievement, strengthening teaching, responding to specific student needs, forging links, school performance, and resourcing schools. Last update: 11 Oct 2004.
Curriculum Update: Assessment: Te aro matawai
An in-depth look at assessment, including research and new tools. Curriculum Update is a Ministry of Education publication that supports teaching and learning in New Zealand schools.
Curriculum Update, 47, August 2001
Curriculum Update: Using assessment tools / Te whakamahi i ngā pūnaha aromatawai
Assessment for learning is based both on what teachers notice informally and on the information that they choose to collect and record about learning.
Curriculum Update, 54, April 2001
Dot, slash, cross: How assessment can drive teachers to ticking instead of teaching (PDF, 188KB)
This article by Mary Hill draws on her research into primary teachers' assessment practices. The research investigated how some New
Zealand teachers have responded to the competing demands of accountability and assessment for learning, and the effects these
demands might have had on their assessment practices. Reference details: Hill, M. (2000). Dot, slash, cross: How assessment
can drive teachers to ticking instead of teaching. set: Research Information for Teachers, 1, 21–25.
Education Review Office: Evaluation indicators for education reviews in schools
These are the evaluation indicators used by the Education Review Office and are intended to inform the judgements that review officers make about the quality of education received by New Zealand students. They are also for use by trustees and teachers reviewing their own school's effectiveness and policy formation. April 2003.
Formative assessment: practical classroom strategies
Edited transcript of an interview with United Kingdom assessment expert Shirley Clarke, who visited New Zealand in 2002. She is the author of Targeting assessment in the primary classroom,
Unlocking formative assessment, and Enriching feedback in the primary classroom.
Influences on student learning
John Hattie's 1999 inaugural lecture as Professor of Education,
University of Auckland, in which he outlines influences on student
learning, and presents a model of teaching and learning.
Inside the black box: Raising standards through classroom assessment
Review of research on the impact of classroom assessment on learning. The authors
conclude that a good deal is known about how to improve
formative assessment, and that there is strong evidence that it raises standards. Reference details: Black, P. & Wiliam, D. (1998).Inside the black box: Raising standards through classroom
assessment. London: School of Education, King's College.
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