Judy Gill: The Bar was Lowered — and a Third of Boys Still Failed

How ERO reporting allows primary schools to escape academic scrutiny and why low parent expectations mean it goes largely unchallenged

When an Education Review Office (ERO) report describes students as “not yet achieving,” “priority learners,” or “requiring acceleration,” it is avoiding a simpler truth: some children are failing to meet basic academic expectations.

David Farrar: ERO on English and Maths changes

ERO has done a report on how the changes to literacy and numeracy are going. It is over 150 pages long, but here are some key extracts: