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One of our key submissions to Government was that the timeframe for the reporting of national standards needed to be extended.  Education Minister Anne Tolley has heeded this advice and on Wednesday announced that school reporting of data to the Government would be delayed until 2012.

There is still more work to be done - for example, to ensure principals and teachers are supported sufficiently and get professional development to implement the standards and to engage parents in the wider discussion about learning and assessment.  NZEI's concern that data might be turned into high stakes school “league tables” has still not been resolved.  However,   President Frances Nelson says NZEI is encouraged the union's concerns have been listened to.

“Teachers and principals will  look forward to having more time to connect the standards with the new curriculum.  We want to get both things right so student learning isn’t compromised.  We were concerned that the pressure and reporting requirements for national standards could undermine the work being done on the curriculum.

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