Appendix 4: Assessment Framework for Te Reo Māori Contents: 1. Introduction 20 2. Te reo Māori in the New Zealand Curriculum 20 3. What will the assessment of te reo Māori tell us? 21 4. Making valid claims about te reo Māori assessment results 21 Tables: Table A4.1 Summary of reference points in NZ curriculum statements, as applicable to the assessment of te reo Māori 20 Table A4.2 Conceptual assessment framework for te reo Māori assessment 21 Table A4.3 Item map for an assessment of te reo Māori 22 Introduction Ko te reo te mauri o te mana The language is the life force of mana Māori • Māori Sir James Henare Te reo is an official language of Aotearoa New Zealand. The te reo group-administered Māori Māori assessment is designed primarily to knowledge and understanding of te reo words monitor students’ Māori and phrases in Year 4 and Year 8, in English-medium schools. This document locates the assessment of te reo in relation to the New Zealand Curriculum (NZC), and provides an overview of the framework Māori that guided development of the assessment. Te reo Māori in the New Zealand Curriculum Te reo is included in the learning languages area of the NZC. The three inter-related strands of Māori learning languages as they can be applied to te reo are: Māori communicative competence: the use of te reo to engage in meaningful social interactions Māori language knowledge: the accurate use of te reo from the single-word level to more complex Māori, language structures cultural knowledge: an awareness of cultural beliefs being expressed through te reo and Māori cultural practices. Te reo differs from other learning areas in that there is no compulsion to teach te reo to a Māori Māori particular level of proficiency in particular years in English-medium contexts. Therefore, a is student’s age not necessarily related to their knowledge of te reo (arguably, a 5-year-old and a 13-year-old could Māori
Appendix 4: Assessment Framework for Te Reo Māori Contents: 1. Introduction 20 2. Te reo Māori in the New Zealand Curriculum 20 3. What will the assessment of te reo Māori tell us? 21 4. Making valid claims about te reo Māori assessment results 21 Tables: Table A4.1 Summary of reference points in NZ curriculum statements, as applicable to the assessment of te reo Māori 20 Table A4.2 Conceptual assessment framework for te reo Māori assessment 21 Table A4.3 Item map for an assessment of te reo Māori 22 Introduction Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Māori • The language is the life force of mana Māori Sir James Henare Te reo Māori is an official language of Aotearoa New Zealand. The te reo Māori group-administered assessment is designed primarily to monitor students’ knowledge and understanding of te reo Māori words and phrases in Year 4 and Year 8, in English-medium schools. This document locates the assessment of te reo Māori in relation to the New Zealand Curriculum (NZC), and provides an overview of the framework that guided development of the assessment. Te reo Māori in the New Zealand Curriculum Te reo Māori is included in the learning languages area of the NZC. The three inter-related strands of learning languages as they can be applied to te reo Māori are: communicative competence: the use of te reo Māori to engage in meaningful social interactions language knowledge: the accurate use of te reo Māori, from the single-word level to more complex language structures cultural knowledge: an awareness of cultural beliefs being expressed through te reo Māori and cultural practices. Te reo Māori differs from other learning areas in that there is no compulsion to teach te reo Māori to a particular level of proficiency in particular years in English-medium contexts. Therefore, a student’s age is not necessarily related to their knowledge of te reo Māori (arguably, a 5-year-old and a 13-year-old could
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