| Description | (January 2010) The government seems bent on implementing National Standards in New Zealand’s primary schools from 2010, yet there is no robust evidence to show that this policy will result in improved achievement for the students currently “falling behind” . In fact, there is ample evidence that this will be a misguided approach to a manufactured “crisis” , with disastrous effects on student and teacher wellbeing. In a policy environment where “evidence” is normally required to justify the expenditure of scarce government resources, it is extraordinary that a policy would proceed on the basis of simple assertion. PPTA is forced to conclude that this policy is based on ideology rather than fact. |
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