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The AToL providers

Supporting assessment for learning through professional development Professional development providers in each region offer Assess to Learn (AToL) programmes to support schools and teachers. An online AToL programme can be accessed at www.tki.org.nz/r/assessment/atol_online/index_e.php

Upper North Island

Pam King
TEAM Solutions
Auckland College of Education
Private Bag 92-601
Symonds Street
Auckland
Email: p.king@ace.ac.nz

Michael Absolum
Evaluation Associates
PO Box 78-334
Grey Lynn
Auckland
Email: m.absolum@evaluate.co.nz

Sue Leslie
Multi Serve Education Trust
Private Bag 92-617
Symonds Street
Auckland Email: sleslie@multiserve.co.nz

Dianne Smardon
School Support Services University of Waikato
Private Bag 3105
Hamilton
Email: diannes@waikato.ac.nz

Lower North Island

Brian Coles
Centre for Education Development
Massey University
Private Bag 11-222
Palmerston North
Email: b.r.coles@massey.ac.nz

Deidre Vercauteren
Wellington College of Education
PO Box 17-310
Karori
Wellington
Email: deidre.vercauteren@wce.ac.nz

Pam OÕConnell
Learning Media Ltd
PO Box 3293
Wellington
Email: pam@learningmedia.co.nz

Upper South Island

Steve Edwards
School of Professional Development
Christchurch College of Education
PO Box 161-128
Christchurch 8030
Email: steve.edwards@cce.ac.nz

Lower South Island

Rose Hague
School Support Services
Dunedin College of Education
Private Bag 1912
Dunedin
Email: rose.hague@dce.ac.nz

References

Black, P. and Wiliam, D. (1998). Inside the Black Box: Raising Standards through Classroom Assessment. London: School of Education, Kings College.

Crooks, T. (1993). "Principles to Guide Assessment Practice." The New Zealand Principal, Vol. 8 No. 3, pp. 14Ð16.

Ministry of Education (2003). The New Zealand Curriculum Exemplars. Wellington: Learning Media and The Learning Centre Trust of New Zealand.

Ministry of Education and the University of Auckland (2003). Assessment Tools for Teaching and Learning: He Pūnaha Aromatawai mō te Whakaako me te Ako. Version 2. Wellington: Ministry of Education.

For further information about the New Zealand Curriculum Project, see the articles in the 16 June Education Gazette (page 10) or go to www.tki.org.nz/e/nzcurriculum

For further information about planning and reporting requirements, see Planning and Reporting
(accessed from www.minedu.govt.nz, click on "School Management and Administration", then "Planning and Reporting"). See also Planning for Better Student Outcomes  under "Charter Planning and Reporting".

Acknowledgments

The Ministry thanks the assessment teams at Christchurch College of Education and the University of Waikato and staff at Abbotsford, Cambridge, Campbells Bay, Hinds, Hillsborough, and St Mark's Schools, and Catholic Cathedral College for their contributions to this Update.

For further information relating to the content in this issue, contact the Senior Adviser: Assessment, in the Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Group, Ministry of Education, PO Box 1666, Wellington.

Published 2004 for the Ministry of Education by Learning Media Limited, Box 3293, Wellington, New Zealand. www.learningmedia.co.nz

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