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A blue turf basketball court with a mural at one end, covered with a roof but outside

Assessment News: Term 4, 2026

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Free research webinar: Uiuinga ā-Motu o ngā Kura | National Survey of Secondary Schools

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Progressive Achievement Tests – our Education Advisors on what’s coming up in Term 4!

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Free October webinars for secondary leaders - literacy and maths

Close up of a jar of pencils in a classroom

Free NZCER in-person workshop: Assessment and aromatawai for equity

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Upcoming webinars for secondary PAT Testing!

Fostering early childhood storytelling - whānau poster

Supporting early childhood storytelling – 11 tips for kaiako and whānau

Children at the school strikes for climate protest holding signs about the impotance of addressing climate change, including "there is no planet B"

What lies ahead for climate education in our schools?

Teacher happily speaking with secondary students in the classroom

Secondary teachers using more reo Māori in the classroom, say Te Tiriti is enacted in their schools

Exterior of a secondary school building with steps in front

Secondary principals concerned about plans to scrap NCEA

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NZCER expands PAT Tuhituhi | Writing to Year 3-4 – paper-based and free for Term 3!

close up of pens in a classroom also some scissors

Why does learning about rational number feel so irrational?