New online resource for teachers of years 9 and 10

<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The Government has launched a new resource for teaching and learning in reading&comma; writing and maths&period; Education minister Hekia Parata says the Learning Progression Frameworks &lpar;LPF&rpar; fills a gap to support teachers&&num;8217&semi; understanding of how their students are progressing in years nine and ten&period;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;Being able to effectively evaluate a child&&num;8217&semi;s rate of progress is essential for teachers so they can identify where more support is required&comma;&&num;8221&semi; says Ms Parata&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;The LPF acts as a guide&comma; providing examples of student work to illustrate the significant steps that students need to take as they develop their skills in reading&comma; writing and mathematics&period; Interactive modules are also provided to take teachers through how to use the LPF to support teaching and learning&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;When we trialled it&comma; teachers and leaders said it raised their expectations for literacy teaching and learning in years nine and ten&period; This shows that this tool will have a real impact&comma; strengthening literacy and numeracy teaching and learning across the curriculum&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The LPF is now available to all primary and secondary schools as an online resource&period; The frameworks build on those already developed for the Progress and Consistency Tool &lpar;PaCT&rpar; which covers curriculum levels one to four&period; The new resources mean that curriculum levels one to five are now covered&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The LPF includes an app which contains the reading&comma; writing and maths illustrations for years one to eight&period; Years nine and ten will be added in next term&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;