Plain-English notes on school reports, curricula, and helping at home.
Twice a year: forty years of the school report Why maths gets one line, twice a year. Levels in England from 1988, plain-language reports in Australia from 2004, National Standards in New Zealand from 2010 — and the one thing that never changed. What does “working towards expectations” actually mean? Four words for six months of maths. What report language does tell you, what it can’t, and the three questions worth asking the teacher instead. NCEA is going. Here’s the timeline every NZ parent needs Foundational Award in 2028, NZCE in 2029, NZACE in 2030. What changes, what doesn’t, and how to keep your bearings while the report format changes three years in a row.