New Zealand Education Review Office
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The Education Review Office (In Māori, Te Tāri Arotake Mātauranga) or ERO is a relatively small state sector organisation of New Zealand tasked with reviewing and reporting publicly on the quality of education in all New Zealand schools. The Government Department is run by a Chief Review Officer - currently Dr Graham Stoop, formerly the principal of Burnside High School in Christchurch and more latterly the Pro-Vice Chancellor of Education at the University of Canterbury. The Chief Review Officer has approximately 120 designated review officers under him who are located in nine district offices. The minister responsible for the Education Review Office is the Hon. Steve Maharey and its operating budget for the year 2004/2005 was $25.6 million.
The Education Review Office is separate from the Ministry of Education.
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An ERO Education Review is an external evaluation of the education provided for school students in all state schools, and of the education and care provdied for children in early childhood education services. Reviews are carried out approximately once every three years, but are undertaken more frequently where the performance of a school or service is poor and there are risks to the education or safety of the students. ERO's reports on individual schools and early childhood service providers are freely available to the public and focus on school improvement and make recommendations to individual boards of trustees on what they are doing well and where they need to improve.
