Inconsistencies and loopholes in the reporting of student achievement will be ironed out, Education Minister Hekia Parata has promised a prominent Bay principal.
Ms Parata was welcomed on to the grounds of Otumoetai College yesterday with a powhiri at the school's marae before heading to the boardroom to discuss some thorny issues with the school's leaders.
In the boardroom, principal Dave Randell cut straight to the chase, telling the Minister he had an issue with the way her ministry reported student achievement data.
"The way they report the facts and figures, we find it completely erroneous," he said.
"We were so concerned this year with the way the results from school to school change that we wrote to NZQA (the New Zealand Qualifications Authority) and questioned how they report. They've acknowledged that it's not consistent amongst schools."