For the second time in two years a government has announced the demise of the much-maligned school decile system.
Education Minister Chris Hipkins wants to replace the 1-10 decile number by 2022 with an index based on risk factors like children's parents' income.
Many schools had hoped that would have happened by now because the previous government promised a similar change by this year or next.
RNZ education correspondent John Gerritsen has the story.