An Evaluation of Network Learning Communities — Summary Report

This report is drawn from an evaluation undertaken for the Ministry of Education (Ministry) to determine the extent to which a school leader’s participation in an NLC (Network Learning Community) has impacted on the curriculum design and review processes in their schools. It provides a brief background to both the NLC initiative and the evaluation before summarising findings related to the four main evaluation questions and the implications of these for the initiative moving forward. More detail is presented in the companion reports. As well as the main report for this evaluation a detailed technical report is available. This technical report contains analyses of two online surveys and ten case studies. In addition, abbreviated forms of each of the case studies are available online