1. The Development of the New Zealand National Standards Joanna Higgins

2. National Standards

3. 2008 Education: Crusade for Literacy and Numeracy CRITICAL STEPS ON THE LADDER OF OPPORTUNITY One out of five New Zealand children leaves school without the qualifications and skills they need to succeed. Those children are New Zealand’s future, and the government is determined to improve their prospects. We will tackle children’s learning problems early by launching a Crusade for Literacy and Numeracy. The government’s Crusade for Literacy and Numeracy will help ensure that children get the basic skills they need to do well at school, to prepare for the workforce, and to climb the ladder of opportunity. The Crusade starts with 10 critical steps. We will provide an additional $47 million a year for these to be funded from within the allocation for new spending of $1.75 billion outlined in the government’s fiscal policy.

4. National Standards: 1. Set National Standards in literacy and numeracy. 2. Require every primary and intermediate school pupil to be assessed regularly against National Standards. 3. Require primary and intermediate schools to report to parents in plain English about how their child is doing compared to National Standards and compared to other children their age. 4. Provide targeted funding to assist primary and intermediate schools to give an extra hand to those pupils who are not meeting National Standards. The Government’s First 10 Steps

5. National Standards 5. Refocus the Ministry of Education and the Education Review Office on supporting schools in the Crusade for Literacy and Numeracy. 6. Provide extra support to underperforming schools to ensure their pupils are on track to achieve National Standards.

6. National Standards Most children are learning well and thriving at school, but some are not learning so well. They are not getting the basic skills they need to succeed in education, work, and in their daily lives. Hon Anne Tolley Minister of Education

7. One mathematics standard each year. Each standard has five dimensions or big ideas at that level. Exemplary problems illustrate what students need to be able to do to meet the standard. Problems in meaningful contexts across learning areas, combine achievement objectives from different strands of the mathematics and statistics. Mathematics Standards

8. Mathematics Standards: will be part of the big picture; be based on teaching and learning theory and research; must not compete with The New Zealand Curriculum; will send a message about what is valued. All of the Mathematics and Statistics learning area is valued; be about applying and using mathematics; provide challenge for all students rather than a minimal competence. Principles

9. National Standards are based on increasing complexity and sophistication of National Standards textwriting problem solving

10. The assessment of National Standards is both Has the standard been met this year? How much has the student improved this year? Mathematics Standards Assessment

11. Two ways Rich mathematical tasks Exemplary Problems Mathematics Standards

14. The end of year 4 Mathematics Standard with five dimensions or big ideas These are the sort of tasks or problems a student will be able to successfully do which will show they meet this standard

15. Quantifying Classifying Patterning Partitioning Measuring Visualising and Representing

16. 1.The grain size of the outcome part of standards will convey a message about connection or atomisation. 2.Big shifts in mathematical ability can be justified by research while small shifts are variable between individuals. Standards should reflect big shifts. 3.Assessments are samples of possible tasks. The sampling associated with the measures of standards should reflect the most valued features of those outcomes. Issues

19. Exemplary problems for one of the five dimensions for the Mathematics Standard: After one year at school These are the sort of tasks or problems a student will be able to successfully do which will show they meet this standard

30. Common Maths Scale AsTTlePATGloSS Mathematics Standards