The scrapping of National Standards in schools has left parents not knowing what's happening to their kids and is putting unions first, says National Party leader Bill English.
"Parents want to know how their children are getting on," he said on TVNZ1's Breakfast this morning.
"Right now, National Standards are woven into the fabric of our classrooms. They've now left confusion and the policy is going to turn into shambles."
"[Labour's] commitment to the unions are more important to their commitment to parents."
Labour's new Education Minister Chris Hipkins is shaking up the school system, and it will impact students, parents and teachers.
The controversial school testing method of National Standards is being scrapped by the new government for reasons that include them not being a "measure of progress", says incoming Education Minister Chris Hipkins.
"That's not to say parents won't have quality information on how their kids are doing ... but we want that to be good information not the very arbitrary information the National Standards gives," he said.
The standards test children Year 1 to 8 in reading, writing and maths.
However, Mr English said Labour should be able to explain to parents what will be happening next year to their children's learning.
"They want to know what happens to their kids," Mr English said.
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