Education Review Office (New Zealand)
The Education Review Office (Māori - Te Tari Arotake Mtauranga) 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 Karen Sewell, who has approximately 120 designated review officers under her who are located in nine district offices.
The Education Review Office is seperate to the Ministry of Education.
Reviews
An ERO Education Review is an external evaluation of the education provided for school students in all state schools. Reviews are carried out approximately once every three years, but are undertaken more frequently where the performance of a school or centre is poor and there are risks to the education or safety of the students. ERO's reports on individual schools and early childhood services are freely available to the public and focus on school improvement and make recommendations to individual boards of trustees on what they are doing well and where they need to improve.