Focus areas
- Building a shared understanding of assessment for learning across all year levels and learning areas, ensuring assessment is used to inform and enhance teaching practice.
- Strengthening kaiako and leader confidence in gathering and interpreting a range of evidence - including observations, conversations, student work, and data - to guide next steps in learning.
- Effective moderation, reporting, and data analysis as part of a continuous cycle of professional inquiry and improvement.
- Using established assessment tools such as PaCT, AsTTle, and PAT, alongside locally developed approaches that reflect school priorities and learner contexts.
- Preparing for the new SMART (Student Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting Tool) - a national system set to replace e-asTTle in 2026. SMART will enable twice-yearly assessments in reading, writing, mathematics, pānui, tuhituhi, and pāngarau, offering up-to-date technology aligned with the refreshed National Curriculum.
- Enhancing leadership capability to create cohesive assessment systems that connect curriculum, pedagogy, and evidence-based decision making.
Who it’s for:
Teachers, and leaders in Years 0–8 who want to:
- Deepen understanding of effective assessment practice.
- Use assessment to guide intentional, targeted teaching.
- Build consistency and coherence across school systems.
Our Facilitators
Assessment PLD is delivered by:
- David Bradford, Rhian Johnson, Ruth Foulkes, Pip Newick (from Te Whai Toi Tangata)
- Dr Elizabeth Eley, Renee Jepson, and Tanya Savage (from Poutama Pounamu)
These facilitators bring deep expertise in formative assessment, culturally sustaining pedagogy, data-informed decision making, and leadership development.
Delivery
Flexible and context-driven – combining in-person and online sessions across six PLD days and eight CoPs.