The purpose of the stocktake/evaluation was “to determine which Māori-medium diagnostic tools are currently used in New Zealand to assess student’s achievement in reading, writing and mathematics in the first 4 to 5 years of instruction.” This involved an evaluation of existing Māori-medium diagnostic tools in terms of the information provided by these instruments and the uses that teachers make of the information. The information was provided at both the level of strengths and at the level of specific weaknesses. This study also sought to identify gaps in current provisions and potential areas for development.
This project was undertaken as a partnership between researchers of the Māori Educational Research Institute (MERI) in the School of Education at the University of Waikato and the research whānau of the Specialist Education Services Poutama Pounamu Research and Development Centre of Tauranga.