Bridging the Gap: How well do we support students learning in alternative settings? Technical Appendix
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This technical appendix outlines ERO’s approach to reviewing four key alternative settings that are designed for students who are at risk of disengaging from school, or who have already become disengaged - Activity Centres, Alternative Education, Te Kura’s Engagement and Wellbeing Gateway, and Residential Care units. It explains the questions we asked, who we engaged with, how we gathered information, and the methods we used to analyse, synthesise, and validate our findings.
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Summary
This technical appendix sets out the methodology used for ERO’s review of alternative settings – Bridging the gap: How well do we support students learning in alternative settings? The full report, summary, and Insights are free for download from ERO’s Evidence and Insights website: www.evidence.ero.govt.nz
This technical appendix is structured in four parts:
Part 1: Technical Notes - describes how we designed and carried out the review of the quality of provision across different settings.
Part 2: Data collection tools – provides the questionnaires used for our surveys of leaders and teachers in alternative settings, school leaders, students, and parents and whānau.
Part 3: Regression Table – details the regression model used in our report.
Part 4: Survey tables – these are in separate Excel workbooks and can be downloaded from ERO’s Evidence and Insights website: www.evidence.ero.govt.nz
You can access the full Technical Appendix and Survey Tables by downloading the zip folder above.