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Exhibit A: Ministry of Education/ERO: Accelerating Learning for Priority Learners The Ministry of Education (the Ministry) has established a goal to increase the proportion of learners achieving at or above national literacy and numeracy standards. To achieve this goal, outcomes must improve for key priority groups, including Māori students

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When measuring matters

"If a measurement matters at all, it is because it must have some conceivable effect on decisions and behaviour. If we can't identify a decision that could be affected by a proposed measurement and how it could change those decisions, then the measurement simply has no value” Douglas W.

Public Achievement Information

Buried deep within the Ministry's website are these pages. If you're at all interested in the future of NZ education - please take the time to peruse them and consider what they mean for the shape and feel of schools and learning. Public Achievement Information page Flyer for parents on

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Raising successful children

Your job is to know your child well enough to make a good call about whether he can manage a particular situation. Will you stay up worrying? Probably, but the child’s job is to grow, yours is to control your anxiety so it doesn’t get in the way