National Standards

The standards describe reference points or signposts of achievement at each year level. Assessing progress and achievement in relation to the standards will be an integral part of teaching and learning across the New Zealand Curriculum from 2010. The principal and teaching staff, are required to use National Standards to report to students and their parents on the student’s progress and achievement in relation to National Standards. Reporting to parents in plain language in writing must be at least twice a year.  

The National Standards can be accessed through the links below:

Mathematics

Reading and Writing

2011 Mid Year Reports

In 2001 the mid year reports will be reporting on your child’s progress and achievement in relation to the National Standards. In the report, teachers will have written a comment in Writing, Reading and Mathematics based on an overall teacher judgement of your child’s achievement.
Using all sources of information, teachers will make an “overall teacher judgement” for each child against the National Standards. This in turn will tell you if your child is where they should be in the three main subject areas.
The “overall teacher judgement” will be written as a statement against the National Standards. For example “Bruce is currently meeting National Standard Expectations in Reading”. This statement will be written on the report in plain language.
Teachers will use the “overall teacher judgment” to work out each child’s next learning steps. Assessment of where students are at gives teachers and students crucial information about what the student needs to learn next. It also gives teachers and students valuable feedback about how the learning is going and allows teachers to maximize learning opportunities for their students.