Kei Tua o te Pae

Kei Tua o te Pae/Assessment for Learning: Early Childhood Exemplars is a best-practice guide that will help teachers continue to improve the quality of their teaching.

The exemplars are a series of books that will help teachers to understand and strengthen children's learning. It also shows how children, parents and whānau can contribute to this assessment and ongoing learning.

We are making improvements to our download-to-print functionality. So if you want a printed copy there are PDF versions available at the bottom of the main cover page.

The quality of assessment in early childhood education – ERO(external link)

References – Ngā āpitihanga

  • Ames, Carole (1992). “Classrooms: Goals, Structures, and Student Motivation”. Journal of Educational Psychology, vol. 84, pp. 261–271.
  • Biddulph, Fred, Biddulph, Jeanne, and Biddulph, Chris (2003). The Complexity of Community and Family Influences on Children’s Achievement in New Zealand: Best Evidence Synthesis. Wellington: Ministry of Education.
  • Hutchins, Pat (1993). The Wind Blew, New York: Aladdin.
  • Bronfenbrenner, Urie (1979). The Ecology of Human Development. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
  • Bruner, Jerome (1996). The Culture of Education. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
  • Delpit, Lisa (1995). Other People’s Children: Cultural Conflicts in the Classroom. New York: The New Press.
  • Fleer, Marilyn (2002). “Sociocultural Assessment in Early Years Education – Myth or Reality?” International Journal of Early Years Education, vol. 10 no. 2, pp. 105–120.
  • Galbraith, Sue (1999). Maisey the Monarch. Christchurch: Junior Educational Publications.
  • Gipps, Caroline (2002). “Sociocultural Perspectives on Assessment”. In Learning for Life in the Twenty-first Century, ed. Gordon Wells and Guy Claxton. Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Kupu MacIntyre, Lesieli I. (2001). “Assessment of Young Children: A Pacific Nation’s Perspective”. Paper presented at the Strengthening the Links: Assessment in Early Childhood conference, Wellington, 2001.
  • Ministry of Education (1996). Te Whāriki: He Whāriki Mātauranga mō ngā Mokopuna o Aotearoa/Early Childhood Curriculum. Wellington: Learning Media. Ministry of Education (1998). Quality in Action: Te Mahi Whai Hua. Wellington: Learning Media.
  • Ministry of Education (1998). Quality in Action: Te Mahi Whai Hua. Wellington: Learning Media.
  • Pere, Rose (1997). Ako: Concepts and Learning in the Māori Tradition. Wellington: National Te Kōhanga Reo Trust.
  • Rogoff, Barbara (2003). The Cultural Nature of Human Development. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Smith, Anne B. (1999). “Quality Childcare and Joint Attention”. International Journal of Early Years Education, vol. 7 no. 1, pp. 85–98.
  • Waite, Judy (1998). Mouse, Look Out! Mascot, NSW: Koala Books.