set 1977 : no. 2

Research shows that children from large families, especially later born children, can be disadvantaged in a number of ways.

Despite pessimistic American findings, a new Bristol University study suggests that, in certain circumstances, individual schools can make a significant contribution to their pupils' achievements.

Whereas it is expedient to make further and better provision for the education of the people in the Colony of New Zealand:
Be It Therefore Enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-
1. The Short Title of this Act shall be " The Education Act, 1877."
2. This Act shall con1e into operation on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, except as to the… Read more

NZCER's familiar Progressive Achievement Test series will shortly be extended as the Council launches its fifth set -the PAT: Study Skills Tests.
Since the first PAT tests were released in 1969, the demands for the tests from classroom teachers have been very high.
Developed and standardized over a three year period by NZCER's Test Development Division, the latest set of tests has involved a major effort by its staff, Neil Reid, Cedric Croft and… Read more