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Recent NCEA research publications

Secondary schools in 2015

Author(s): Cathy Wylie and Linda Bonne

This is a comprehensive picture of the current experiences and challenges for secondary schools in New Zealand. It presents the findings from NZCER's national survey of secondary schools, conducted in July and August 2015. It includes the perspectives of principals, teachers, parents and board of trustee members on a wide range of issues.

Research report - 2016

Achievement in Boys' Schools

Author(s): Cathy Wylie and Melanie Berg

This report explores the achievement of school leavers from state and state-integrated boys' schools. The analysis from 2010 to 2012 shows school leavers from state boys’ schools had higher qualifications than their male counterparts who attended state co-educational schools.

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Research report - 2014

NCEA one decade on

Author(s): Rosemary Hipkins

This report documents views and experiences of NCEA from NZCER's 2012 National Survey of Secondary Schools. It shows support for NCEA has remained high among principals and consolidated among teachers, school trustees and parents. It’s the first time parental support has risen above 50 percent in the survey series and it was higher among parents with a child in the senior school.

Schools have generally welcomed the recent changes to NCEA such as endorsement of whole courses with merit or excellence and the increased support provided by best practice workshops for teachers. However the report shows the high teacher workload associated with NCEA remains unresolved. It also explores views on whether NCEA is driving the curriculum and includes responses to the Government’s recently announced policy target that by 2017, 85 percent of students should gain an NCEA Level 2 qualification or its equivalent.

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Research report - 2013

Secondary schools in 2012

Author(s): Cathy Wylie

Secondary schools in 2012 is the latest from NZCER's national survey series.

The survey draws on responses from 177 secondary school principals and from hundreds of teachers, parents and members of boards of trustees. The survey was carried out in July and August 2012. It is part of a national survey series conducted by NZCER since 1989 to track issues and trends across the education system.

There are many positives in the findings but they also highlight persistent concerns about funding levels, workload, support and access to reliable technology.

Curriculum and assessment ICT NCEA Policy School governance and management

Research report - 2013

NCEA and Curriculum Innovation

Author(s): Rosemary Hipkins and Lorraine Spiller

This report discusses the impact of NCEA on schools' and teachers' thinking about curriculum. It was funded from NZCER's purchase agreement with the Ministry of Education and is intended to draw on and contribute to NZCER's ongoing NCEA-related research. It explores how innovative teachers and schools think about and enact curriculum change enabled by NCEA.

Implementing New Zealand Curriculum NCEA

Working paper - 2012

Recent NCEA journal articles from NZCER Press

Improving engagement and achievement for Year 11 Māori and Pasifika students

Māori and education NCEA Student engagement

Journal issue: set 2015: no. 3

Let’s talk about literacy: Preparing students for the transition to tertiary learning

Literacy NCEA

Journal issue: set 2015: no 1

Developing historical empathy: Showing progress

Curriculum and assessment NCEA

Journal issue: set 2014: no. 3

Developing learning partnerships through Mantle of the Expert at NCEA Drama Level 2

Curriculum and assessment NCEA

Journal issue: set 2014: no. 3

Using selected NCEA standards to profile senior students’ subject-area literacy

Assessment tools Curriculum and assessment Literacy NCEA

Journal issue: set 2014: no. 2

Recent NCEA books from NZCER Press

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NCEA in Context

This is a ground-breaking account of one of the most complicated qualification systems in the world. The National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) is predominantly used in the senior secondary school in Aotearoa New Zealand. Its introduction between 2002 and 2004 signalled a seismic shift in assessment practice.

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$39.95

Changing our secondary schools

A powerful critique of two decades of educational reform in New Zealand, from an educator who was deeply involved. It is also a provocative call for action.

Bali Haque has been both a secondary school principal required to implement reform and a senior public servant in the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) tasked with pushing...

National Standards NCEA Policy

$25.00

Set 40th Anniversary Collection

To celebrate 40 years of set: Research Information for Teachers, NZCER Press has published a collection of 16 articles selected from the many hundreds that have been published over the years. Selected by guest editor Marie Cameron, this is not a “best of” compilation but is a collection of some of the articles that have stood out for...

Education leadership practices Implementing New Zealand Curriculum Key Competencies Literacy Maths education National Standards NCEA Policy School governance and management Schooling for the future

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$39.95

History Matters 2

This book is aimed at teachers working with young people to think critically about the past. Its blend of fresh thinking, classroom activities and the latest research make it essential reading for the secondary social sciences community.

Implementing New Zealand Curriculum NCEA

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$19.95

Understanding NCEA: A relatively short and very useful guide for secondary students and their parents (2nd ed)

Explains in plain language just how NCEA works – everything from standards, levels and credits to subject choice. This second edition is essential reading for all secondary school students and their parents.

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