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What testing, if any, was done on the new SMART progress monitoring tool?

Answered Question 3519 (2026)
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Willow-Jean Prime

List MP · Labour Party

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  • What testing, if any, was done on the new SMART progress monitoring tool?

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

Member for East Coast Bays · National Party · Minister of Education

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I am advised by the Ministry of Education that, throughout the development of the Student Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting Tool, testing and refinement are ongoing. For example, in 2025 there was a trial run with the sector in 85 schools involving over 12,000 assessments.