Assessment tools & resources

In 2011, the Ministry redesigned the allocation of Professional Learning and Development (PLD) to be targeted and focused on lifting learner achievement. This new system will be fully operational this year, and this means changes to the way PLD for kaiako and teachers will be accessed.

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To assist teachers in working with assessment tools in relation to National Standards, the Ministry of Education is undertaking detailed work on existing records of student achievement to provide information on how scores for assessment tools align to the National Standard at that year level. This alignment process is ongoing and results will be published as they become available.

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The assessment tool selector is a resource for teachers and schools to help them to select the most appropriate assessment tool to suit their particular purposes. The selector gives you information about assessment tools most frequently used in New Zealand schools, in every area of the curriculum up to and including Year 10 – it also enables you to compare tools with each other.

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The Assessment Resources Maps are a resource for schools and teachers to help select the most appropriate assessment tool to suit their particular purposes.

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Assessment tools have been developed for those students who are expected to learn long-term within Level One of the New Zealand Curriculum.

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e-asTTle is the online version of asTTle. It includes reading, mathematics, writing, pānui, pāngarau and tuhituhi, as well as e-asTTle Numeracy Project Assessments and several new features in response to feedback from teachers and principals who have been using asTTle V4 CD-ROM.

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What Next helps teachers find resources for ‘what next' teaching and learning within chosen curriculum levels and areas.

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asTTle V4 (CD-ROM) stands for Assessment Tools for Teaching and Learning (He Pūnaha Aromatawai mō te Whakaako me te Ako). It is an educational resource for assessing reading, writing and mathematics (in both English and te reo Māori).

More information is available on the asTTle site .

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The Assessment Resource Banks (ARBs) consist of almost three thousand assessment resources designed for students in New Zealand schools working at levels 2-5 of the New Zealand curriculum .

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The New Zealand Curriculum (1994) Exemplars are authentic pieces of student work, annotated to illustrate learning, achievement, and quality in relation to the curriculum levels.

The purpose is to highlight features that teachers need to watch for, collect information about, and act on to promote learning. Exemplars help to answer the question, "What is quality work?"

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This is an overview of the studies undertaken in New Zealand that provide knowledge about achievement and attitudes across our education system. Results from some of these national studies feed into international education research.

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