Are our school students learning what they need to know and be able to do? Are they being taught in ways that motivate them to learn and do the hard yards when things are challenging? What support do teachers and school leaders need so that we can answer yes to these questions?
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A number of NZCER staff contribute to our blogs and we link to and draw on external expertise. We hope it is a useful source of information, ideas and support about NZCER's work and wider educational and assessment issues. We welcome your questions and comments.
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Read rest of post: After the schooling reviews, what next??
Date posted: 30 September 2020
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We’ve experienced significant disruptions to schools, businesses, and everyday life as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. We’ve seen people and systems adapt quickly to a highly unusual situation. Schools, whānau, and education sector organisations across Aotearoa have mobilised resources, thought creatively, worked collaboratively, and responded compassionately to make things work.
Read rest of post: Our education system responded to COVID-19. How will it respond to climate change?
Date posted: 20 May 2020
“I wish I’d known that when I was teaching" is something I said to myself several times while I was working on the latest Insights for Teachers report.
Read rest of post: “I wish I’d known that when I was teaching maths"
Date posted: 26 February 2020
This article started life as a literature review I completed as the final paper in the Postgraduate Diploma in Social Science Evaluation Research at Massey University. As a busy researcher and evaluator, “doing” evaluation doesn’t leave much time for “thinking” about evaluation, and even less time for “writing” about evaluation.
Read rest of post: The overall evaluative conclusion as an element of evaluation practice
Date posted: 28 January 2020
This week at the NZ Association for Educational Researchers (NZARE) annual conference I spoke about the Educational Leadership Capability Framework that provides a backbone for the Leadership Strategy launched last year by the then Education, now Teaching Council. [See the presentation to download below]
Date posted: 21 November 2019
Dr. Linda Bonne reflects on 30 years of the NZCER National Survey of schools, as the Tomorrow’s Schools Independent Taskforce’s review report is soon to be released.
Read rest of post: NZCER National Survey of schools - 30 years on
Date posted: 7 November 2019
At this time of year I’m remembering the questions we used to have in our school about the PATs - ‘Term 4 is coming up - what week shall we do the PATs in?’ ‘Have we got enough Test 3s for the Year 5s?’ ‘When’s the BOT report due - we need to have it sorted by then?’. You know those conversations I’m sure.
Read rest of post: PATs - doing what you've always done in term four?
Date posted: 5 November 2019
By Cathie Johnson
Focussed school-wide inquiry is a powerful way for school leaders to engage staff and make a difference for students’ learning outcomes.
Read rest of post: School-wide inquiry: how can leaders decide on a focus?
Date posted: 11 January 2019
What happens when four teachers in a senior primary syndicate launch confidently into a term-long inquiry process based around games?
Read rest of post: Opening the door to games at Hutt Central School
Date posted: 12 December 2018
