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[IN-CONFIDENCE - RELEASE EXTERNAL]

Kia ora Phillip,

 

Thank you for the information request below.  The Ministry will consider
and respond to your request in accordance with the Official Information
Act 1982 (the Act).

 

Under section 15(1) of the Act, we are required to make and inform you of
our decision on your request as soon as reasonably practicable and in any
case not later than 20 working days after the day on which your request is
received.  You can therefore expect to receive our decision on your
request on or before 18 June 2026.  If more than 20 working days are
needed due to the potential workload and/or consultations involved in
answering your request, we will notify you accordingly.

 

In the interim, if you have any questions about your request, please email
[1][email address].

 

 

Ngâ mihi,

Enquiries National Team | Te Tâhuhu o te Mâtauranga | Ministry of
Education | JH
[2]education.govt.nz
We shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent
outcomes
He mea târai e mâtou te mâtauranga kia rangatira ai, kia mana taurite ai
ôna huanga

[3]Te TD huhu o te MD tauranga

 

Dear Ministry of Education,

 

Under the Official Information Act 1982, I request copies of any formal
advice, reports, evaluations, implementation papers, moderation guidance,
research summaries, expert advice, or briefing documents since 1 January
2024 relating to how nationally consistent interpretation and application
of the Progress Descriptor reporting rubrics was expected to be achieved
across teachers, schools, and kura.

 

This includes, but is not limited to, information relating to:

 

• how teachers were expected to consistently distinguish between the
Emerging, Developing, Consolidating, Proficient, and Exceeding categories;

 

• any identified risks that broad descriptor language (for example,
“higher level thinking”, “growing confidence”, “apply learning strategies
confidently”, or “reflect and explain ideas clearly”) could be interpreted
differently between teachers or schools;

 

• any moderation, calibration, exemplification, benchmarking, or
inter-rater reliability processes considered, proposed, trialled, or
implemented to support consistency of judgments;

 

• any evidence, research, evaluations, expert advice, pilot findings, or
literature relied upon regarding whether the Progress Descriptor rubrics
would support sufficiently reliable and comparable reporting between
schools;

 

• any analysis of the extent to which the rubrics relied on teacher
professional judgment versus standardised assessment tool outputs.

 

To avoid duplication of material already proactively released, this
request is intended to seek supporting evidence, implementation,
moderation, reliability, evaluation, or research documentation not already
contained within previously released Cabinet papers and briefing
documents.

 

This request is limited to formal documents relied upon for policy
development, implementation planning, or decision-making. It excludes
informal correspondence and early draft material.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Phillip Fry

 

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