ERIC Number: EJ809427
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Oct
Pages: 6
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ISSN: ISSN-1570-2081
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School Monitoring and Quality Assurance in the New Zealand School System
Sakura, Fubuki
Educational Research for Policy and Practice, v6 n3 p229-234 Oct 2007
This article reports on the New Zealand education quality assurance and school monitoring system, including its framework, and responsibilities of agencies. It first gives an outline of the education system in New Zealand, and then introduces the role of school charters and levels of schooling. To ensure the quality of schools, the methods of school self-review and external reviews of schools are used by the New Zealand government. Schools are given a list of obligations that they have to follow. Assessment policies and the school curriculum are designed to support learning.
Descriptors: Quality Control, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Educational Policy, Public Schools, Institutional Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Public Agencies, Educational Assessment, Program Descriptions, Accountability
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New Zealand
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