A 97-page report completed in 2021 for the Education Ministry includes a survey of more than 4,000 people on the government's new policy, which includes assessing younger students as emerging, developing, proficient or extending, instead of grading them A to F.
Overall, the document says 69 per cent of people reported being dissatisfied with the policy and only 13 per cent were satisfied, with the dissatisfaction rate highest among teachers at 77 per cent, followed by students at 68 per cent. The minister was not made available for an interview to discuss the decision to go ahead despite the level of dissatisfaction.
"The new scale will give deeper insight into children's learning and development in a range of skills required in post-secondary and their careers of choice," the statement says.