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Policy

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Policy research projects

National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement - Wānangatia Te Putanga Tauira

This study is a collaboration between NZCER and the Educational Assessment Research Unit (EARU) of the University of Otago, on contract to the Ministry of Education. A team of NZCER people is involved, with the project leaders listed above. You can find out more on the NMSSA website here.

The aim of NMSSA is to assess and understand student achievement. It shows what New Zealand students know, think, and can do, what they aspire to, and how they are realising their goals. It provides timely information and analysis to the Ministry of Education, the sector and the public on how well the educational system is delivering important educational outcomes.

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Curriculum and assessment Policy

National Survey

Project leader(s): Linda Bonne

Longitudinal projects Policy School governance and management

Impact of education reforms

This longitudinal NZCER project monitored the impact of the 1989 education reforms known as Tomorrow's Schools.

Project leader(s): Cathy Wylie

Policy School governance and management

Recent Policy research publications

Tautokona te reo: The wellbeing of te reo Māori in kura and schools

Author(s): Maraea Hunia, Basil Keane, Nicola Bright, Helen Potter, Kiwa Hammond, and Ropata Ainsley

Māori and education Policy Te Wāhanga

Research report - 2018

NZCER national survey of primary and intermediate schools 2016: Methodology and sample information

Author(s): Melanie Berg

This report describes sampling and analysis details for the NZCER national survey of primary and intermediate schools 2016, as well as respondent characteristics and characteristics of the schools with which respondents are associated. It supports the individual thematic reports that use the 2016 National Survey data.

Assessment tools Curriculum and assessment Policy

Research report - 2017

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.

Implementing New Zealand Curriculum Key Competencies NCEA Policy School governance and management Student health and wellbeing

Research report - 2016

Primary and intermediate schools in 2013

Author(s): Cathy Wylie and Linda Bonne

This report presents the main findings from the NZCER national survey of primary and intermediate schools, which was conducted in July and August, 2013.

Implementing New Zealand Curriculum Key Competencies Moderation National Standards Policy School governance and management Student health and wellbeing

Research report - 2014

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

Recent Policy books from NZCER Press

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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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$55.00

The Discovery of Early Childhood (2nd ed.)

The second edition of Discovery updates, expands and illustrates Helen May’s foundation book on the discovery of new and often radical ideas concerning the care and education of young children in institutions established outside of the family home.

Early childhood Policy

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$39.95

Vital connections: Why we need more than self-managing schools

What was the real effect of the radical Tomorrow’s Schools reforms? Has New Zealand’s school system improved as a result? What changes are needed now to meet our expectations of schools?

This is the definitive and compelling story of New Zealand school self management over more than two decades. Cathy Wylie explores the paths taken and...

National Standards NCEA Policy School governance and management

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$44.95

Critic and Conscience - Essays on Education in Memory of John Codd and Roy Nash

This book honours the work of John Codd and Roy Nash, who made important contributions to educational scholarship and to education policy and practice in this country and internationally. Launching the book at an event at Massey University in July, vice chancellor Steve Maharey made the comment that the best way to honour their work now was for...

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