National launches official campaign with $379 million education bidRoss Giblin The two big parties are now officially in campaign mode after Prime Minister Bill English launched National's campaign in Auckland on Sunday. English's speech largely focused on National's record in office and the education package, which also included an expansion of the student assessment system National Standards. "We'll help 1200 teachers a year complete extra university papers targeted at teaching maths to primary students. The final component was an expanded National Standards scheme, called National Standards Plus. National Standards Plus would allow parents to track their child's progress in more detail online.

Source: Stuff August 27, 2017 01:41 UTC