The Audit and Review of Maori Education in the Compulsory Schooling Sector

Abstract

This chapter is an analysis of the audit and review findings of Maori education in schools as conducted by the Education Review Office throughout 1992. Audit and review are two different processes of evaluation which focus on different things and yield different but complementary data. Whereas review methodology depends a lot on structured interviews and questionnaires, audit is concerned that evidence should come from authoritative documented sources. The chapter describes and explains both procedures in the context of evaluating Maori education provision. It summarises the information gained and provides both an interpretation of what was learned and a guide as to how the evaluation of Maori education might be improved.