After National Standards

The Curriculum, Progress, and Achievement policy developments

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https://doi.org/10.26686/nzaroe.v26.6856

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education policy, curriculum, assessment, New Zealand

Abstract

The Labour-led government elected in 2017 quickly decided to get rid of National Standards and set up a Curriculum, Progress, and Achievement Ministerial Advisory Group in 2018. That group reported in 2019 and a related Ministry of Education work programme has begun. This provocation from May 2020 provides some background to the MAG, considers its organisation and membership, and briefly mentions some features of the report and the early response of government. The use of data and the struggle for researchers to keep up with multiple reviews are also discussed.

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Author Biography

Martin Thrupp, University of Waikato

Martin Thrupp is Professor of Education at the University of Waikato. His research interests are in education policy, with a particular focus on school reform as it plays out in different national and local settings. He has been researching and writing about New Zealand education policy since the 1990s and has also undertaken research in a number of European countries.

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Published

2021-07-01

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Vol. 26 (2020): New Zealand Annual Review of Education

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