Year 9 and 10 national standards no go

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Year 9 and 10 national standards no go

1 July, 2011

PPTA president Robin Duff welcomed a renewed commitment from the minister of education that national standards will not be extended to secondary schools.

She had already given this assurance to PPTA in May last year but since then the national standards sector advisory group has called for their introduction to years 9 and 10.

“Anne Tolley clearly has an understanding of the problems of over-assessment in secondary schools that the NSSAG lacks” said Robin Duff.

“Its suggestion that rolling national standards into years 9 and 10 would stop student disengagement is ludicrous. Students in years 9 and 10 already undertake NCEA assessments. It’s not as if secondary schools don’t have enough on their plate”.

“The proposal is both ideological and mischievous and secondary teachers will be relieved that the minister has shown leadership by not going along with it.

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