The National Qualifications Framework: Assessment against standards
Te Reo Māori in the New Zealand Curriculum: Draft is the guiding document for developing programmes for teaching and learning te reo Māori in English-medium schools. It provides reference points for achievement standards, unit standards, and Scholarship. These standards are derived from the key outcomes and are the “building blocks” of the qualifications on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF). They are not units of work in themselves: their function is to specify standards for assessment.
Assessment for national certificates should be integrated with learning and will generally be managed within the school and by the teacher. The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) will provide advice on managing appropriate assessment systems and procedures to be used for this purpose.
Standards for schools span levels 1–3 of the National Qualifications Framework and Scholarship, which approximate to levels 6–8 of the curriculum.
The National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) is the main qualification for senior secondary students. Currently, there are NCEA standards for Te Reo Māori used in English-medium schools, and for Te Reo Rangatira in Māori-medium schools. These draft curriculum guidelines provide achievement objectives and a description of skills in six language modes, at eight levels, to guide assessment for learning. The existing NCEA standards for Te Reo Māori will be mapped against the achievement objectives in these draft curriculum guidelines. Recrafting will occur after national trialling.