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Education professional Mātanga mātauranga
A person who interacts with NZQA and belongs to the education profession in some capacity; examples include teachers, tutors, markers, principal nominees, assessors, exam centre managers, moderators, training advisors and workplace assessors.
Ko tētahi tangata, ka pāhekoheko ki NZQA, ā, i roto ia i tētahi tūranga mahi i te rāngai mātauranga, tae atu ki ngā pouako, ngā kaiwhakaako, ngā kaimāka, ngā kaitono a ngā tumuaki, ngā kaiaromatawai, ngā kaiwhakahaere whare whakamātautau, ngā kaiwhakaōrite, ngā kaitohutohu whakangungu me ngā kaiaromatawai wāhi mahi.
EFTS
Equivalent full-time student. Refer to the Ministry of Education website.
Ministry of Education (external link) — education.govt.nz
He ōrite ki te ākonga ukiuki. Haere ki te paetukutuku o te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga.
Ministry of Education (external link) — education.govt.nz
ERO
Education Review Office.
Education Review Office (external link) — ero.govt.nz
Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga.
(external link)Education Review Office (external link) (external link) — ero.govt.nz
ESOL ESOL
English for speakers of other languages.
Te Reo Ingarihi hei Reo Tuarua.
Evaluation Aromātaitanga
Evaluation is the systematic determination of the quality, value and importance of something. In the context of EER, the 'something' could be a project, programme or policy; an initiative, organisation or artefact; it could relate to personnel or organisational performance; or something similar.
Evaluation is the process and product of reaching robust, defensible evaluative conclusions of quality, value and importance. At the end of an evaluation process, an evaluation needs to be able to say whether something is any good, or not, and why.
He pūnaha e tautuhi ana i te kounga, te uara, me te hiranga o tētahi ‘mea’. Ki tā te Arotake me te Aromātai a-Waho, tērā pea he kaupapa, he hōtaka rānei tēnei ‘mea’, arā he kaupapa whakaaro, he rōpū, he taonga rānei. E hāngai ana pea ki ngā kaimahi, ki te rōpū whakahaere, me arā atu anō.
He hātepe tō te aromātaitanga hei whai whakatau mutunga e tika ana, e hāngai pū ana ki te kounga, te uara, me te hiranga. I te tutukitanga o te hātepe aromātai, me whai hua te aromātaitanga ki te ‘mea’ e aromātaitia ana, arā, ko ōna pikinga, ko ōna hekenga, ā, nā te aha i whakaarotia ai.
Evaluative quality assurance Anga aromātai me te whakaū kounga
The evaluative quality assurance framework (EQAF) is an integrated framework focusing on the outcomes of tertiary education, the key processes contributing to those outcomes, and the maintenance and improvement of these outcomes through TEO self-assessment. The EQAF consists of:
- initial entry processes for qualification listing, programme approval and accreditation, training scheme approval, registration of PTEs, assessment standards registration and consent to assess
- processes for maintaining consistency of graduate outcomes and moderation of tertiary assessment
- self-assessment by TEOs
- external evaluation and review
- responses to non-compliance with the Education and Training Act 2020.
Education and Training Act 2020 (external link) — Legislation.govt.nz
He anga māwhitiwhiti tēnei e arotahi ana ki ngā whakataunga o te mātauranga matua. Ki ngā tukanga matua o ngā whāinga me te aroturuki, te whakapakari rānei i ngā whāinga mā te aromatawai huritao-whaiaro o ngā Rōpū Amoranga Mātauranga (TEO).
Ko ngā āhuatanga o te anga aromātai me te whakaū kounga e whai ana:
- ngā hātepe whakaurunga e whai wāhi ana ki ngā whakarārangitanga tohu mātauranga, ngā akoranga me ngā kura whakaharatau kua whakamanatia, te whakarehitatanga o ngā whare whakangungu tūmataiti, ngā paetae aromatawai me te mana aromatawai
- ngā hātepe hei whakaōrite haere i ngā hua paetahi me te whakaōrite i ngā mahi aromatawai a ngā rōpū amorangi mātauranga
- te aromatawai whaiaro a ngā rōpū amorangi mātauranga
- te whakaū kounga me te aromātai ā-waho
- ngā urupare ki ngā tohu kāore i tūtuki tika ki tā te Pire Mātauranga me te Whakangungu 2020.
(external link)Education and Training Act 2020 (external link) (external link) — Legislation.govt.nz
Evidence Taunaki mōhio
Refers to assessment. Evidence must be:
- valid - assessment will be fit for purpose, so that assessment focuses on the requirements specified in unit standards
- direct - assessment activities will be as similar as possible to the conditions of actual performance
- authentic - the assessor will be confident that the work being assessed was done by the person being assessed - outside assistance must not distort the assessment
- sufficient - the evidence will establish with confidence that all criteria have been met and that performance to the required standard could be repeated with consistency.
E hāngai ana ki te aromatawai. Kia rite te taunaki mōhio ki ēnei e whai ake nei:
- pono - ka hāngai te aromatawai ki te tikanga matua, kia aro atu ki ngā whakaritenga ka āta whakahuatia i te paerewa
- te anga tika atu o te aromatawai - ka hāngai ngā ngohe aromatawai ki ngā āhuatanga tūturu o te mahi
- hāpono - ka ngākau titikaha te kaiaromatawai ko ngā mahi e aromatawaitia ana he mahi nā te kaitono - kia kaua e whai wāhi mai te mahi, te āwhinatanga rānei o ētahi atu tāngata
- rawaka - mā te taunaki mōhio e tau ai kua tutuki ngā paearu katoa, ā, ka mahia anō te mahi i runga anō i te paerewa.
Examination centre Pokapū whakamātautau
A site where external examinations take place. Providers that confirm sufficient numbers of candidate entries in a written external examination will be designated as examination centres.
Where no suitable external examination centre is available for candidates to sit New Zealand Qualifications Authority examinations, the examinations may be sat at a specially established centre.
Ko te wāhi ka whakahaeretia ngā whakamātautau ā-waho. Ko ngā kaituku mātauranga ka whakatau kua nui ā rātau whakauru kaitono mō tētahi whakamātautau ā-waho, ka tautapaina hei pokapū whakamātautau.
I ngā wahi ka kore he wāhi tika mō ngā kaitono hei noho i ngā whakamātautau a Te Mana Tohu Mātauranga, ka nohoia ngā whakamātautau i tētahi pokapū ka whakatūria mō taua kaupapa anō.
Examination paper Whakamātautau ā- waho
A separate examination paper is produced for each externally assessed standard (excluding portfolios).
He whakaritenga pepa hei mātau i ngā paetae aromatawai mā te aromatawai ā-waho (atu i ngā kōpaki mahi).
Examination session Wāhanga whakamātautau
The three-hour time period during which a candidate will sit all the examination papers for a specific subject and level.
He toru hāora te roa hei whakatūtuki i te/ngā marautanga me te/ngā taumata e tika ana.
Examiner Kaiwhakamātautau
Recognised subject experts, usually current teachers or university lecturers. An examiner in each subject, assisted by a Materials Developer, writes each examination paper.
Ko ngā mātanga kaupapa ako e mōhiotia ana, ko te tikanga he pouako, he kaikauhau whare wānanga rānei. Mā te kaiwhakamātautau matua mō ia kaupapa ako, i ētahi wā ka āwhinatia e tētahi kaiwhakamātautau matua āwhina, te puka whakamātautau e tuhituhi.
Exclusion Tauritenga tāpiri kore
Two or more standards which have been identified as having the same outcomes. Where two or more standards have been identified as being mutually exclusive both can be recorded on the learner's ROA but only one can count towards an NCEA, an endorsement, and University Entrance.
He ōrite ngā paetae me ngā putanga. Ka tāpirihia ēnei whiwhinga ki tō pūrongo ako ahakoa e tāutungia ana tēnei ōritenga kotahi noa iho te huinga whiwhinga ka tāpiri ki tō kaute mō te NCEA me te whakaurunga ki te whare wānanga.
Exclusion List Rārangi Tauritenga Tāpiri Kore
The list of all standards which have an exclusion.
He rārangi paetae hei Tauritenga tāpiri kore.
External assessment Aromatawai ā-waho
All those assessments where the assessment judgement is made by persons outside of the learning institution/school.
Refers to the end of year examinations (or portfolios) for senior secondary school students.
Ko ngā aromatawai katoa ka whakawākia e ētahi tāngata mai i waho o te whakahaere mātauranga/te kura.
External Evaluation and Review (EER) Te aromātai me te arotake tarāwaho (EER)
Refers to the external review function of the evaluative quality assurance framework.
EER by NZQA is an independent evaluation of:
- a tertiary education provider that leads to a statement of confidence by NZQA in the provider's educational performance and organisational capability in self-assessment;
- a transitional ITO that leads to a statement of confidence by NZQA about the transitional ITO's organisational performance and organisational capability in self-assessment.
He tukanga aromatawai tarāwaho o te anga arotake me te whakaū kounga.
He arotakenga tūtahi nā te Mana Tohu Mātauranga o Aotearoa (NZQA) i te:
- rōpū amorangi mātauranga e whai kounga ana ki āna mahi mātauranga, me āna hōtaka whakapakari kaimahi e ai ki te aromatawai whaiaro.
- rōpū whakangungu ahumahi whakawhiti e whai kounga ana ki āna mahi mātauranga, me āna hōtaka whakapakari kaimahi e ai ki te aromatawai whaiaro.