Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 21, 2017 17:59:05 GMT 12
NATIONAL STANDARDS FAILED EXPERIMENT
The New Zealand Principals' Federation says the national standards experiment has been going on long enough for schools to know repeated testing isn't the way to lift student achievement.
President Whetu Cormick says the fears the profession voiced when the policy was introduced seven years ago have come to pass,
He says former education minister Hekia Parata championed the policy as a way to bring the bulk of Maori students up to their peers, but that hasn't worked.
What has worked to improve standards are the Maori Achievement Collaboratives which now involve about 160 schools......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews?story_id=MTcwNjE=
The New Zealand Principals' Federation says the national standards experiment has been going on long enough for schools to know repeated testing isn't the way to lift student achievement.
President Whetu Cormick says the fears the profession voiced when the policy was introduced seven years ago have come to pass,
He says former education minister Hekia Parata championed the policy as a way to bring the bulk of Maori students up to their peers, but that hasn't worked.
What has worked to improve standards are the Maori Achievement Collaboratives which now involve about 160 schools......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews?story_id=MTcwNjE=