So as they finish primary and intermediate schools, only 1 in 4 students are at the level expected for maths. Shockingly 3 in 5 are more than a year behind.
For students at schools in low socio-economic areas only 1 in 12 are at the expected level in maths and 4 in 5 are more than a year behind.
However that doesn’t mean all is okay at the wealthier area schools. Only 1 in 3 of their students are at the level and almost 1 in 2 are a year behind.
Writing is little better.
Overall 1 in 4 at the level and 3 in 5 more than a year behind.
Of some interest is there is little difference between students at low and moderate socio-economic schools. There is an improvement in high areas, but still poor with 1 in 3 at the level and 1 in 2 more than a year behind.
Erica Stanford has announced:
For students at schools in low socio-economic areas only 1 in 12 are at the expected level in maths and 4 in 5 are more than a year behind.
However that doesn’t mean all is okay at the wealthier area schools. Only 1 in 3 of their students are at the level and almost 1 in 2 are a year behind.
Writing is little better.
Overall 1 in 4 at the level and 3 in 5 more than a year behind.
Of some interest is there is little difference between students at low and moderate socio-economic schools. There is an improvement in high areas, but still poor with 1 in 3 at the level and 1 in 2 more than a year behind.
Erica Stanford has announced:
“From Term 1 next year, a new Writing Acceleration Tool will be available to support 120,000 Years 6–8 students who are below expected writing levels and won’t have the benefit of structured literacy from Year 1. Teachers will be supported to deliver explicit teaching and will be able to monitor student progress in real time, adjusting how their teaching based on individual needs and responses to intervention.
“Every Intermediate and Secondary School will be funded to train their own structured literacy intervention teacher. This training will be tailored for older students and extends what is already available for those teaching in Years 0-6. As requested by the sector, teachers will gain the skills needed to work with small groups of students who need targeted support, using structured, evidence-based approaches.
Great to see the Minister focused on listing achievements while so many on the left are obsessed with trivia such as removing some te reo words from a few books designed to teach English.
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders
2 comments:
While well known for a long time, this is still a shocking indictment of an incompetent, grossly over-staffed, MoE. Where is the accountability of the likes of Rose Hipkins, the thankfully now gone Iona Holsted, and the myriad of other highly paid typically faceless/nameless bureaucrats that have overseen/orchestrated this decline?
While the Minister is now addressing what's taught in the classroom, it's long past time the backroom swamp was drained of those that have sat by and allowed this to happen.
This just confirms what I thought happened to my kids when we moved here from Australia a couple of years ago - they really did go backwards in reading and maths!
Australian primary kids learn to read using phonics - and maths is a bigger enforced/ dedicated part of every day.
We moved here and they literally went backwards in their ability to read! And then each of them were repeating the previous years maths work. They’re both still nowhere near the levels I remember myself being at their respective ages.
Nz state primary education f-ing sucks!!
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