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Was a Gate 0/4 Strategic Assessment/ Readiness for Service review conducted for SMART (Student Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting Tool) prior to SMART going live; if not, why not? and 1 other question

Answered 38390, 38391 (2026)
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Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

Questions

  • 38390

    Was a Gate 0/4 Strategic Assessment/ Readiness for Service review conducted for SMART (Student Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting Tool) prior to SMART going live; if not, why not?

  • 38391

    On what date, if any, were Gate 0/4 Strategic Assessment/ Readiness for Service review conducted for SMART (Student Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting 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 all required assessments and testing activities were completed before SMART went live. A Gate 0/4 Readiness for Service review was not a mandatory requirement for release. This is also my answer to Written Parliamentary Question 38391 (2026).