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Vote Education Review Office#
APPROPRIATION MINISTER(S): Minister of Education (M26)
APPROPRIATION ADMINISTRATOR: Education Review Office
RESPONSIBLE MINISTER FOR EDUCATION REVIEW OFFICE: Minister of Education
Overview of the Vote#
The Minister of Education is responsible for appropriations in the Vote for the 2019/20 financial year covering the following:
- a total of nearly $33 million for evaluations (institutional and system-wide) on the quality of education provided by early childhood learning services, schools and other education service providers, and
- a total of nearly $2 million in departmental capital expenditure.
Details of these appropriations are set out in Parts 2-4.
Details of Appropriations and Capital Injections#
Annual Appropriations and Forecast Permanent Appropriations#
2018/19 | 2019/20 | ||
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Titles and Scopes of Appropriations by Appropriation Type | Final Budgeted $000 |
Estimated Actual $000 |
Budget $000 |
Departmental Capital Expenditure |
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Education Review Office - Capital Expenditure PLA (M26) This appropriation is limited to the purchase or development of assets by and for the use of the Education Review Office, as authorised by section 24(1) of the Public Finance Act 1989. |
2,185 | 2,185 | 1,760 |
Total Departmental Capital Expenditure |
2,185 | 2,185 | 1,760 |
Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure |
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Quality of Education: Evaluations and Services MCA (M26) The single overarching purpose of this appropriation is to provide evaluation (institutional and system-wide) on the quality of education provided by early childhood learning services, schools and other education service providers. |
29,912 | 29,912 | 32,701 |
Departmental Output Expenses |
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Early Childhood Learning Services This category is limited to evaluations of the performance of early childhood learning services. |
9,889 | 9,889 | 12,626 |
National Evaluations and Other Services This category is limited to the provision of national education evaluation and other publications, policy services, ministerial services and contractual evaluation services. |
4,606 | 4,606 | 3,907 |
Schools and Other Education Service Providers This category is limited to evaluations of the performance of schools, Communities of Learning and other education service providers. |
15,417 | 15,417 | 16,168 |
Total Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure |
29,912 | 29,912 | 32,701 |
Total Annual Appropriations and Forecast Permanent Appropriations |
32,097 | 32,097 | 34,461 |
Capital Injection Authorisations#
2018/19 | 2019/20 | ||
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Final Budgeted $000 |
Estimated Actual $000 |
Budget $000 |
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Education Review Office - Capital Injection (M26) | 161 | 161 | - |
Supporting Information#
Part 1 - Vote as a Whole#
1.1 - New Policy Initiatives#
Policy Initiative | Appropriation | 2018/19 Final Budgeted $000 |
2019/20 Budget $000 |
2020/21 Estimated $000 |
2021/22 Estimated $000 |
2022/23 Estimated $000 |
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Improving the Quality of the Education System | Quality of Education: Evaluations and Services MCA | |||||
Early Childhood Learning Services | - | 2,802 | 3,105 | 2,806 | 3,223 | |
Schools and Other Education Service Providers | - | 451 | 920 | 1,409 | 1,916 | |
National Evaluations and Other Services | - | 105 | 214 | 327 | 445 | |
Total Initiatives |
- |
3,358 | 4,239 | 4,542 | 5,584 |
1.2 - Trends in the Vote#
Summary of Financial Activity
2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | ||||
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Actual $000 |
Actual $000 |
Actual $000 |
Actual $000 |
Final Budgeted $000 |
Estimated Actual $000 |
Departmental Transactions Budget $000 |
Non- Departmental Transactions Budget $000 |
Total Budget $000 |
Estimated $000 |
Estimated $000 |
Estimated $000 |
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Appropriations |
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Output Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Benefits or Related Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | N/A | - | - | - | - | - |
Borrowing Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Other Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Capital Expenditure | 1,007 | 1,070 | 535 | 2,549 | 2,185 | 2,185 | 1,760 | - | 1,760 | 560 | 560 | 560 |
Intelligence and Security Department Expenses and Capital Expenditure | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | N/A | - | - | - | - |
Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure (MCA) | ||||||||||||
Output Expenses | 27,839 | 28,590 | 27,846 | 29,509 | 29,912 | 29,912 | 32,701 | - | 32,701 | 34,405 | 34,708 | 35,750 |
Other Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Capital Expenditure | - | - | - | - | - | - | N/A | - | - | - | - | - |
Total Appropriations |
28,846 | 29,660 | 28,381 | 32,058 | 32,097 | 32,097 | 34,461 | - | 34,461 | 34,965 | 35,268 | 36,310 |
Crown Revenue and Capital Receipts |
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Tax Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | N/A | - | - | - | - | - |
Non-Tax Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | N/A | - | - | - | - | - |
Capital Receipts | - | - | - | - | - | - | N/A | - | - | - | - | - |
Total Crown Revenue and Capital Receipts |
- | - | - | - | - | - | N/A | - | - | - | - | - |
Note - where restructuring of the vote has occurred then, to the extent practicable, prior years information has been restated as if the restructuring had occurred before the beginning of the period covered. In this instance Total Appropriations for the Budgeted and Estimated Actual year may not equal Total Annual Appropriations and Forecast Permanent Appropriations and Multi-Year Appropriations in the Details of Appropriations and Capital Injections.
Adjustments to the Summary of Financial Activity Table Due to Vote Restructuring
There have been no restructuring adjustments to prior year information in the Summary of Financial Activity table.
1.3 - Analysis of Significant Trends#
Vote ERO contains appropriations for output expenses and capital expenditure.
Significant changes in output expense between 2015/16 and 2020/21 include:
- higher levels of contractual evaluation services provided by ERO
- additional investment in education evaluations for accountability and improvement, and
- an insurance payment for property and equipment in ERO's Revera House office that was damaged during the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake.
ERO's departmental output expense appropriation levels will increase in 2019/20 onwards due to additional Budget 2019 funding needed to meet the continued costs of external evaluations of early childhood learning services and schools, and to increase the frequency of early childhood provider reviews.
There are no significant trends in capital expenditure appropriation levels.
Part 2 - Details of Departmental Appropriations#
2.3 - Departmental Capital Expenditure and Capital Injections#
Education Review Office - Capital Expenditure PLA (M26)
Scope of Appropriation
Capital Expenditure
2018/19 | 2019/20 | ||
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Final Budgeted $000 |
Estimated Actual $000 |
Budget $000 |
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Forests/Agricultural | - | - | - |
Land | - | - | - |
Property, Plant and Equipment | 1,094 | 1,094 | 1,410 |
Intangibles | 1,091 | 1,091 | 350 |
Other | - | - | - |
Total Appropriation |
2,185 | 2,185 | 1,760 |
What is Intended to be Achieved with this Appropriation
This appropriation is intended to achieve the renewal and replacement of ERO's assets that supports the delivery of its services.
How Performance will be Assessed and End of Year Reporting Requirements
2018/19 | 2019/20 | ||
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Assessment of Performance | Final Budgeted Standard |
Estimated Actual |
Budget Standard |
Expenditure is in accordance with ERO's capital expenditure plan |
75%-100% | 75%-100% | 75%-100% |
ERO is not a capital intensive department. Assets are purchased according to a planned assets replacement programme to maintain and upgrade capability essential to the operation of ERO. The major areas of capital investment for ERO are office accommodation, motor vehicles and computer equipment.
End of Year Performance Reporting
Performance information for this appropriation will be reported by ERO in its Annual Report to be tabled in the House.
Reasons for Change in Appropriation
The decrease in this appropriation for 2019/20 is mainly due to a one-off expenditure on computer systems in 2018/19 only.
Capital Injections and Movements in Departmental Net Assets
Education Review Office
Details of Net Asset Schedule | 2018/19 Estimated Actual $000 |
2019/20 Projected $000 |
Explanation of Projected Movements in 2019/20 |
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Opening Balance | 3,746 | 3,907 | |
Capital Injections | 161 | - | Retention of insurance proceeds received in 2017/18 arising from one of Education Review Office's premises damaged by the November 2016 Kaikoura earthquake. |
Capital Withdrawals | - | - | |
Surplus to be Retained (Deficit Incurred) | - | - | |
Other Movements | - | - | |
Closing Balance |
3,907 | 3,907 |
Part 4 - Details of Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure#
Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure#
Quality of Education: Evaluations and Services (M26)
Overarching Purpose Statement
Scope of Appropriation
Departmental Output Expenses
Early Childhood Learning ServicesThis category is limited to evaluations of the performance of early childhood learning services.
National Evaluations and Other Services
This category is limited to the provision of national education evaluation and other publications, policy services, ministerial services and contractual evaluation services.
Schools and Other Education Service Providers
This category is limited to evaluations of the performance of schools, Communities of Learning and other education service providers.
Expenses, Revenue and Capital Expenditure
2018/19 | 2019/20 | ||
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Final Budgeted $000 |
Estimated Actual $000 |
Budget $000 |
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Total Appropriation |
29,912 | 29,912 | 32,701 |
Departmental Output Expenses |
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Early Childhood Learning Services | 9,889 | 9,889 | 12,626 |
National Evaluations and Other Services | 4,606 | 4,606 | 3,907 |
Schools and Other Education Service Providers | 15,417 | 15,417 | 16,168 |
Funding for Departmental Output Expenses |
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Revenue from the Crown |
28,162 | 28,162 | 31,785 |
Early Childhood Learning Services | 9,860 | 9,860 | 12,595 |
National Evaluations and Other Services | 2,953 | 2,953 | 3,089 |
Schools and Other Education Service Providers | 15,349 | 15,349 | 16,101 |
Revenue from Others |
1,750 | 1,750 | 916 |
Early Childhood Learning Services | 29 | 29 | 31 |
National Evaluations and Other Services | 1,653 | 1,653 | 818 |
Schools and Other Education Service Providers | 68 | 68 | 67 |
What is Intended to be Achieved with this Appropriation
This appropriation is intended to achieve improvements in learner outcomes by using evaluation to influence and inform schools and early childhood learning services and influence the development and implementation of education policy and practices, while assuring the Government and communities of the quality of education provided.
How Performance will be Assessed for this Appropriation
2018/19 | 2019/20 | ||
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Assessment of Performance | Final Budgeted Standard |
Estimated Actual |
Budget Standard |
Total number of evaluations of education service providers and national evaluations |
>1,850 | >1,850 | >2,000 |
Percentage of education service providers that indicate ERO's evaluations are making a contribution to their decisions about how to improve learner outcomes |
>80% | >80% | >80% |
Key audiences report that ERO's national evaluations are informative and useful for identifying or planning improvements within the system or its component parts |
>80% | >80% | >80% |
What is Intended to be Achieved with each Category and How Performance will be Assessed
2018/19 | 2019/20 | ||
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Assessment of Performance | Final Budgeted Standard |
Estimated Actual |
Budget Standard |
Departmental Output Expenses |
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Early Childhood Learning Services |
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This category is intended to achieve improvements in teaching and learning practices by assisting early childhood learning services to improve their capacity in internal evaluation, governance and leadership through ERO's independent evaluations. |
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Number of early childhood learning service evaluations (include umbrella organisations) |
1,200-1,460 | 1,200-1,460 | 1,350-1,600 |
Level of compliance with approved standard procedures for a sample of early childhood learning service evaluations as assessed by a moderation panel |
90%-100% | 90%-100% | >90% |
Percentages of draft (near final) findings sent to early childhood learning services for confirmation of accuracy and comment will meet target for reporting to the Minister within 20 working days of the end of the last week on site |
>80% | >80% | >80% |
Percentage of early childhood learning services that indicate ERO's evaluations are making a contribution to their decisions about how to improve learner outcomes |
>80% | >80% | >80% |
Percentage of early childhood learning service respondents that indicate that their ERO evaluation has helped to identify or confirm opportunities for more effective practice |
New measure for 2019/20 | New measure for 2019/20 | >80% |
Percentage of early childhood learning service respondents that indicate that their ERO evaluation will help to build the early childhood learning service's capability in the medium to long term |
New measure for 2019/20 | New measure for 2019/20 | >80% |
National Evaluations and Other Services |
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This category is intended to achieve improvements in learner outcomes by influencing and informing on the development and implementation of education policy and practices through ERO's system-wide evaluations and through the provision of other services. |
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Number of national evaluations and other publications |
Up to 20 | Up to 20 | Up to 20 |
National evaluations are consistent with approved plans and procedures |
100% | 100% | 100% |
Schools and Other Education Service Providers |
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This category is intended to achieve improvements in teaching and learning practices by assisting schools and other education service providers to improve their capacity in internal evaluation, governance and leadership through ERO's independent evaluations. |
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Number of schools education evaluations (include homeschools, Communities of Learning and private schools) |
650-840 | 650-840 | 650-840 |
Level of compliance with approved standard procedures for a sample of schools and other education service providers as assessed by a moderation panel |
90%-100% | 90%-100% | >90% |
Percentages of draft (near final) findings sent to schools and other education service providers for confirmation of accuracy and comment will meet target for reporting to the Minister within 20 working days of the end of the last week on site |
>80% | >80% | >80% |
Percentage of schools that indicate ERO's evaluations are making a contribution to their decisions about how to improve learner outcomes |
>80% | >80% | >80% |
Percentage of school respondents that indicate that their ERO evaluation had helped to identify or confirm opportunities for more effective practice |
>80% | >80% | >80% |
Percentage of school respondents that indicate that their ERO evaluation will help to build the school's capability in the medium to long term |
>80% | >80% | >80% |
ERO recognises an education evaluation as an output at the time it is available for delivery to the Minister of Education. Partially complete evaluations are not reported.
National education evaluations provide information on significant education issues and sector performance. In particular, ERO will provide information for individual schools, communities and the Government on what effective practice looks like, how well schools are supporting their students to achieve educational standards and qualifications, and promoting equitable educational success particularly for Maori and Pacific learners. The information for these evaluations is gathered during the regular reviews carried out by ERO or by specialist ERO teams for particular topics.
Policy services, ministerial and contractual services are subject to external demand factors making these activities difficult to forecast. No assessments of performance have been reported for these services as these activities only account for less than 10% of ERO's total Vote and therefore are not deemed to be material.
End of Year Performance Reporting
Performance information for this appropriation will be reported by ERO in its Annual Report to be tabled in the House.
Current and Past Policy Initiatives
Policy Initiative | Year of First Impact |
2018/19 Final Budgeted $000 |
2019/20 Budget $000 |
2020/21 Estimated $000 |
2021/22 Estimated $000 |
2022/23 Estimated $000 |
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Current Government |
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Improving the Quality of the Education System: | 2019/20 | |||||
Early Childhood Learning Services | 2019/20 | - | 2,802 | 3,105 | 2,806 | 3,223 |
Schools and Other Education Service Providers | 2019/20 | - | 451 | 920 | 1,409 | 1,916 |
National Evaluations and Other Services | 2019/20 | - | 105 | 214 | 327 | 445 |
Previous Government |
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Education evaluation - investing for accountability and improvement | 2017/18 | 1,092 | 1,357 | 2,180 | 2,180 | 2,180 |
Share of costs for Budget 2015 whole-of government | 2015/16 | (36) | (36) | (36) | (36) | (36) |
Reasons for Change in Appropriation
The total increase to the appropriation in the 2019/20 year is $2.789 million. The appropriation increased by $3.358 million due to additional funding provided to ERO through Budget 2019 to meet the continued costs of external evaluations of early childhood learning services and schools, and to increase the frequency of early childhood provider reviews. This increase was partially offset by lower levels of contractual evaluation services provided by ERO forecasted in 2019/20 compared to 2018/19, which decreased the appropriation by $834,000.