The New Zealand Education Review Office (ERO) initiated a report in 2019 to investigate the writing capabilities of New Zealand students.  They found that only six New Zealand schools had shown sustained, accelerated learning in student writing.

The best among those—Northcross Intermediate School on Auckland’s North Shore—had adopted Writer's Toolbox three years prior to turn around their student writing results.

According to leading educational expert Professor John Hattie, evidence of student progress is demonstrated when a child has an effect size of 0.4 over 12 months.  Impressively, the effect size of Northcross students increased from 0.4 to 0.8.  And by the end of 2018, some students had more than tripled their expected effect size (effect size of 1.34). 

Learn practical strategies to take student writing to the next level with regular PD workshops from Writer's Toolbox.  Our 1-Day Teacher Writing Workshop is a great choice for teachers to lift writing outcomes in their school.

Join us in person at workshops held frequently in Auckland and throughout New Zealand.  View our schedule of upcoming events and start your pilot today to supercharge your school's writing results.