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National standards by stealth? Why the government’s latest plan for schools might fail the history test

By Jade Wrathall, Teaching Fellow, Te Kura Toi Tangata – School of Education, University of Waikato
Marta Estellés, Senior Lecturer, Te Kura Toi Tangata – School of Education, University of Waikato

Standardised testing has been tried and scrapped before. But with a tender for a new ‘standardised assessment tool’, the government appears to be trying again.

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