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Assessment
Assessment
Monitoring student’s progress and achievement requires the use of high-quality information informed by effective assessment practices, including robust and reliable assessment tools. When making an informed decision, teachers need to consider progress and achievement across each knowledge strand of the learning area and select the progress descriptor that best describes how the student’s progress is tracking towards the end of year expectation. Teachers should then use these strand level informed decisions to make an overall assessment of progress across the learning area.
The use of reliable assessment tools alongside teacher’s day-to-day observations, helps teachers notice each student’s next learning steps, track their progress, and ensure timely support for those who need it. Teachers should administer twice-yearly assessments for each student in Years 3–8 to monitor their progress using one of the following tools. You can find a comparison of each tool here.
SMART (Student, Monitoring, Assessment and Report Tool), provided by the Ministry of Education - Term 1 release
PATs (Progressive Achievement Tests), provided by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research
e-asTTle (during 2026 only), provided by the Ministry of Education.
A SMART preview site will launch in November
An early Mathematics and Pāngarau check will be available to use from term 4 2026. The check will initially focus on student understanding of critical, time-sensitive maths concepts in the number strand that students need in order to progress. The check is designed to be administered at the end of year 2 so that any students who need accelerated learning can be identified for targeted support from the start of Year 3.
Maths Snapshots created by Marie Hirst and Dr Jo Knox
Maths Snapshots created by Marie Hirst and Dr Jo Knox
An assessment tool for Years 0-8 designed to quickly formatively assess what a child can do in Number. These are currently being re-aligned with the new 2026 mathematics curriculum. We shall send newly aligned number snapshots to all previously registered participants of our 2025 workshops including: Maths snapshots, Maths Leaders or Making Maths Count Workshops . If you hadn't registered for any of these workshops but would like access to the newly aligned 2026 snapshots then please ....
click here to register for the Phase 1 number snapshots ($50+GST)
click here to register for the Phase 2 and 3 number snapshots ($50+GST)
Reporting
Reporting
The 5 progress descriptors describe student progress across the school year – the aim is for students to be proficient by the end of the school year. A student who has achieved proficiency is prepared for the next year of learning. Link to reporting information on Tāhūrangi. This poster (on the right) shows the link between teaching, learning and reporting
Progress markers for each year level to help with making judgements should be coming soon in November 2025.
FiveprogressdescriptorsA3Poster (1).pdfProgress Markers
Progress Markers
These describe what students know and are able to do at the end of each year in the six knowledge strands of Mathematics and Statistics and will help teachers select appropriate progress descriptors for reporting to parents. Watch this space!
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