QA News June 2010 - Issue 68
- Chief Executive's foreword
- Leaders of the future
- Qualification design rules out for consultation
- University Entrance being reviewed
- Marking External Assessment (MEA) Pilot
- Annual Report on NCEA and New Zealand Scholarship
- Moderator-teacher agreement rates rising
- Excellence in unit standards
- Adult Education and Training Qualifications
- Check out National Qualifications Services
- Quality Assurance for Mātauranga Maori
- Feedback positive on kaiako and whānau workshops
- NZQA to contribute to OECD education review
- Top Art on tour
NZQA to contribute to OECD education review
New Zealand will receive international expert knowledge on evaluation and assessment from an OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Review.
New Zealand is participating in the OECD project, Review on Evaluation and Assessment Frameworks for Improving School Outcomes. At an OECD education meeting in Paris in October 2009, several countries indicated they were interested in learning from New Zealand’s experience.
As a precursor to the review, NZQA is compiling information for the Country Background Report (CBR), which provides background for the Country Review visit by OECD officials and the final report.
Minister of Education, Anne Tolley says the final OECD report will provide a new perspective on New Zealand’s approach to assessment. The OECD team will visit New Zealand later in the year to analyse our systems, in primary and secondary schooling qualifications.
“The information gathered from New Zealand, and the eight other countries being visited, will be brought together in an OECD report which will share policy innovation with other nations on how to lift student achievement.
NZQA has contributed significantly to the Student Assessment chapter of the CBR, which covers both primary and secondary assessment.
The OECD report can be tailored to specific areas, with the scope and focus of the review determined by New Zealand. The report will incorporate information and work from all education sector agencies. Then the review team will compile a Country Note.
The Country Note will evaluate New Zealand’s educational system, and suggest areas of improvement. The CBR and Country Note will be made available on the OECD website.