National Standards came into effect in English-medium schools with pupils in Years 1 to 8 in 2010. The standards set clear expectations that students need to meet in reading, writing, and mathematics in the first eight years at school. Information gathering for Ngā Whanaketanga Rūmaki Māori – the Māori medium standards – began in term one 2010.
17/04/12
Reporting student achievement for learners with special education needs
This March 2012 update provides guidance for Board of Trustees chairpersons and principals for reporting learner achievement, for learners with special education needs.
03/10/11
Updated ELL guidelines
The Ministry has updated the guidelines provided for reporting the progress and achievement of English language learners to parents to be consistent with the requirement of NAG2A.
26/05/11
New Zealand Curriculum Reading and Writing National Standards wall charts
Classroom wall charts were recently sent to every teacher of students in years 1–8 (distributed to schools 9 May 2011), who are learning within The New Zealand Curriculum. They summarise The New Zealand Curriculum Reading and Writing Standards for Years 1–8 and The Literacy Learning Progressions...
20/04/11
Self review tool for schools: focus on students achieving below curriculum expectations in Literacy (years 1-8)
This self-review tool is one of the review tools designed by the MOE to support schools to better understand what they need to achieve and what they should focus on next.
14/12/10
Blueprint for National Standards
Mary Chamberlain, group manager, Curriculum Teaching and Learning – Design, shares more about the model used to develop National Standards.
02/12/10
Illustrations of the mathematics standards
These illustrations are available to support planning, teaching, and judgments about students’ progress and achievement. Currently there are six mathematical tasks, which provide 14 illustrations of student work achieving 'at' a mathematical standard. Further illustrations will be added next year.
25/11/10
Literacy and numeracy resources for parents, families, and whānau
These resources show parents how to help children learn and achieve in reading, writing, and mathematics.
18/11/10
Working with the National Standards - Interim ERO report
This is an interim report of findings from 80 schools reviewed in Term 3, 2010. As part of the review process, ERO asked specific questions about each school's use of National Standards, its preparedness for these and how well school leaders, teachers and trustees understood the National Standards.
17/11/10
Illustrations of the literacy standards
The reading and writing standards illustrations on Literacy Online demonstrate the literacy demands of the texts and tasks students will be engaging with across the curriculum. These illustrations support planning, teaching, and judgments about students’ progress and achievement. Currently this section includes the twenty two illustrations found in the Reading and Writing Standards document and five new illustrations. Three more reading illustrations will be added early in December. Further illustrations will be added in April and June 2011.
29/10/10
National Standards: School Sample Monitoring and Evaluation Project
This is the first report from the National Standards School Sample Monitoring and Evaluation Project 2010-2013, a 3 year monitoring and evaluation project on National Standards implementation in a representative sample of schools
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National Standards professional development
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Self-review tools to support the use of National Standards.
Published on: 13 Oct 2009