This article was included in an information pack  for school principals and curriculum leaders, designed and distributed by the Ministry of Education and intended to support the implementation of the New Zealand Curriculum.

It discusses assessment and the key competencies, framed within wider questions about the purposes and outcomes of schooling and education.

Rose Hipkins is an NZCER Researcher who has been involved in the development of the New Zealand Curriculum

Read more about the Implementation pack for Schools

Ministry of Education, 2007
ISBN: 978-0-7903-2926-0