| Education Review Office Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga |
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| Education Review Office logo | |
| Agency overview | |
| Jurisdiction | New Zealand |
| Headquarters | Sybase House, 101 Lambton Quay, Wellington |
| Minister responsible | Anne Tolley, Minister responsible for the Education Review Office |
| Agency executive | Dr Graham Stoop, Chief Review Officer |
| Website | |
| http://www.ero.govt.nz | |
The Education Review Office (In Māori, Te Tari 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. Anne Tolley and its operating budget for the year 2004/2005 was $25.6 million.
The Education Review Office is separate from the Ministry of Education.
ERO reviews the education provided for school students in all state schools, private schools and kura kaupapa Māori. It also reviews the education and care provided for children in early childhood education services and kōhanga reo. Reviews are carried out every three years on average, but are more frequent where the performance of a school or service is poor and there are risks to the education or safety of the students or children. ERO reports to individual boards of trustees on what they are doing well and where they need to improve. Reports on individual schools and early childhood services are freely available to the public see ERO's website: [1]