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Latest research: Trends in assessment
28 November 2018
NZCER's latest research report is Trends in assessment: An overview of themes in the literature, co-authored by Chief Researcher Rosemary Hipkins with Marie Cameron.
Beeby Award to fund resource for teaching statistical investigations
20 November 2018
The 2018 Beeby Award has been awarded to mathematics and statistics educator Dr Pip Arnold.
Media release: Resource supports teaching about mental health
7 November 2018
Those teaching school students about resilience, mental health, interpersonal skills, and wellbeing will welcome a new resource from NZCER Press.
Free webinars: Introduction to NZCER Marking
30 October 2018
Our Education Advisers are offering a free 30min webinar to schools that use the NZCER Marking site. The webinar focusses on how the online reports will support teachers to consider: progress within the NZ Curriculum using scale scores, a curriculum snapshot, and reporting and analysis to support evidence-based decision making.
NZCER Press receive five 2018 Copyright Licensing Education Awards
16 October 2018
NZCER is delighted to have received five 2018 Copyright Licensing Education Awards. Presented at the uLearn 2018 Conference gala dinner, NZCER Press had seven finalists selected across four categories.
Registration extended until Tuesday 30 October for Games for Learning workshop
26 October 2018
Mission Heights Junior College (Manukau, Auckland) supported by NZCER bring you a one-day workshop about games and game design for the classroom. The workshop covers both digital and non-digital games. The experienced presenters include a good mix of educators, game designers, and researchers.
Media release: One million online assessments to support teaching and learning
20 September 2018
School students have completed over one million online assessments in the four years since the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) began offering Progressive Achievement Tests (PATs) online.
Media release: Cohesive policy could better support te reo Māori in kura and schools
11 September 2018
Government policy to support te reo Māori in kura and schools has lacked cohesion and has yet to address the shortage of reo Māori teachers. This includes teachers of the language and those able to teach in te reo Māori.
NZCER hosts international visitors for mutual learning
10 September
We were very fortunate to recently have hosted international visitors from the USA and Taiwan.
