the evidence that is gathered tells schools how they can change their pedagogy if they want to make more of a difference for their maori students note that this tool is optional which means that no information is collected nationally and the number of schools using it is unknown they are also now embedded within the australian professional standards for teachers which specify what teachers should know and can do in order to teach aboriginal and torres strait islander students and to teach aboriginal and torres strait islander languages history and culture to all australian students