The podcast features Education Minister Erica Stanford defending the rapid rollout of the SMART assessment tool in schools, countering union criticism with claims of widespread adoption and parental benefit, while also addressing social media regulation and international policy借鉴
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I saw the unions coming, of course I always do. I mean, this is what they do, right? This is a bumbling attempt at some kind of weird political hit job by a union, you know, have had to give themselves a new name because no one takes the NZEI seriously anymore. I mean, actually, we have quietly reached a massive milestone in our first term that no other government in history has managed to achieve, despite the Education Review Office asking for it for years, a nationwide consistent monitoring of student progress and reading, writing and maths twice a year using a cutting edge international tool with New Zealand content so that we can report to parents and tell them how their kids are doing. It's huge.
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a milestone in consistent, data-driven student tracking
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