English in the New Zealand Curriculum is one of seven curriculum statements covering the essential learning areas of the New Zealand curriculum. Writing is one of the substrands of this curriculum statement.
ERO evaluated the quality of teaching of writing at Years 4 and 8 in 159 schools during Term 4, 2006. This report discusses the good practice found in three of the schools that had high quality writing programmes.
The findings of the overall evaluation are set out in The Quality of Teaching in Years 4 and 8: Writing (June 2007).