Honourable Wyatt Creech
Minister of Education

Honourable Paul East
Minister of State Services

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Tena ano koutou e noho mai na i raro i te maru o te kawanatanga.

We are pleased to present you with our Review of the Education External Evaluation System. Over the last three months we have considered some 260 submissions, heard forty oral presentations and held twenty four meetings to meet and talk with principals, centre managers and boards of trustees members.

The contributions of those who made submissions was invaluable in drawing our attention to the perceptions of the practitioners and their varying responses to the Education Review Office. It has been necessary to comment on and clarify a number of misunderstandings about the nature of audit and review and the processes adopted by the Education Review Office.

We have been fortunate in having access to a body of literature on School Improvement and School Effectiveness which led us to adopt the theme self-management, self-review, self improvement.

The recommendations presented for your consideration are intended to clarify, refine and redirect the focus of review. Retaining the audit function of the Education Review Office was never in question. Our intention has been for the system to deliver accountability while preserving autonomy in the pursuit of excellence in education. We commend the recommendations to you.

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