I have reflected a little more on these delightful little gems being proposed by the current National Government. Aside from my concerns about the lack of a clear policy direction in education, this government is really assuming that teachers and schools are incapable of collecting student achievement information to inform school improvement and improve learning outcomes for students. Therefore they are going to do it themselves??? Isn’t that a little like them telling the surgeon how to perform the triple bypass?

If we have the Public Finance Act to prevent governments from having too much control over our nations finances (ok yes, it has it’s flaws too!)… Shouldn’t the Education Act be updated to prevent them from making decisions which, regardless of the intent, can prevent politicians from making poorly informed decisions in education. It is only fair that our students are protected.

Yes, this is a little bit of a rant… but I do that sometimes!