Assessment PLD from the MoE
If you want to apply for the MoE funded Assessment PLD, please click on the ASSESSMENT button below. This link will take you to a Google Form for you to complete and submit. Once you have submitted the form, one of our team will contact you.
Why you should choose us for your Assessment PLD
Jacqui Sharp - Auckland
Bex Langton - Taranaki
Donna Davies - Taranaki
At Sharp Kinane, our facilitation practice is grounded in the Science of Learning — for literacy, numeracy, and in teaching and assessment. Our experienced team brings deep expertise across all primary year levels, tailoring support to each school’s unique context and goals. Every plan we co-construct is bespoke, designed to build cohesive, confident teaching teams and visible growth for tamariki. Schools also benefit from access to our comprehensive resource bank, developed and refined through years of partnership across Aotearoa.
All our facilitators are Ministry of Education accredited and trained in the Best Practice Assessment Guidelines (BPAG), the Assessment and Aromatawai Rubrics, and SMART. These frameworks guide our work, helping schools assess and teach with clarity, purpose, and consistency. We offer both in-person and online support, responding promptly and working alongside you to make professional learning practical, authentic, and aligned with your school’s vision
Assessment Matters
Using Assessment effectively is a key strategy to ensure student success. We can assist you to understand:
- Where are your learners now?
- Where do they need to go next?
- How will we help them to get there?
We can work alongside your teachers to help them:
- Identify strengths, gaps, and misconceptions
- Plan targeted teaching
- Group learners effectively
- Evaluate whether teaching strategies are working
At a whole-school level we can guide you to:
- Interpret your data for decision-making (curriculum, resourcing, interventions)
- Track progress over time across cohorts and subjects
- Inform reporting to whānau and the community
- Support equity — showing where groups of learners may need extra support
Assessment happens all the time and we can support you to assess
- Diagnostically (before learning — to find starting points)
- Formatively (during learning — questioning, discussion, feedback)
- Summatively (after learning — tasks, tests, projects)
What schools should be asking about their assessment data
- How sure are we that all the assessments we use in our school are being used to support teaching and learning?
- List Item #1
- In what ways do we involve our students in the assessment process?
- Are we confident in our knowledge of the progress and achievement of our students across the curriculum? Do our students know?
- How confident are we that assessment tools are being administered properly so that the results are reliable? What are our checks on this?
- How sure are we of the effectiveness of the moderation processes used in the school?
- How confidently are our teachers able to analyse assessment data?
What will this MoE Funded PLD provide?
The assessment PLD includes:
- Six days of f2f in-school support or 3 days of f2f in-school support, depending on your preference
- Eight Communities of Practice sessions over the four terms of 2026
- Individualised support, aligned to your school’s identified needs
- The PLD will focus on reliable assessment practice, teaching practice based on assessment evidence, clarity in learning, meaningful aromatowai and the development of sustainable systems within school.
If you are wanting to book your MoE provided Assessment PLD with us, please click on the button below to make your booking request.