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Smart Assessment Tool Rollout

4 items · 4 aliases · peaked week of 17 May 2026 · first seen 11 May 2026

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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  • Hon Erica Stanford mike-hosking-breakfast Erica Stanford: Education Minister on the criticism of the SMART reporting system for Year 0-10 8 Apr · 51s
    I don't think that they do. I think, look. A really embarrassing part of their claim that they said there was a number of principals who've signed up for this tool without any intention of using it. I mean, what's that number? They should tell us the number. Is it one? One's a number. Apart from the fact, I absolutely refuse to believe that... Any hardworking principal in the last two weeks of term when they're so overwhelmed and so busy that they would take their time or a staff member's time to upload all of their student data out of enrol and into the new smart tool and then select which assessments are going to do at which level, take all of that time essentially. faking student enrollments to prove some kind of weird political point when they're so busy. I've got more respect for our principals and our educators than to believe that. The union may have a very dim view of principals, but I do not share that.
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beehive Government / N-A

common sense, accessible, parent-focused

220,000 students take the SMART test
17 Jun
waatea Government / N-A

increased testing with national consistency

#education: $131 Million Education Boost Targets Reading, Writing And Maths Crisis
18 May
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