Research projects

NZCER research projects are initiatives that encompass multiple outputs over a longer period of time. This may include our own Te Pae Tawhiti or Te Wāhanga research, as well as multi-year projects on behalf of clients. You can find many of our recent projects below.

Title	Contact person(s)
(Re)defining notions of success, support networks, and aspirations through the eyes of Māori and Pacific communities - COMPASS	Mohamed Alansari
AI in Primary Schools	David Coblentz
Aotearoa New Zealand's histories: Te marau ā-kura (Localising curriculum)	Nicola Bright, Rachel Bolstad
Assessment Resource Banks for Teachers (ARBs)	Jonathan Fisher
Climate Change (Educational policy and practice for a changing climate)	Rachel Bolstad
Curriculum Insights and Progress Study	Charles Darr
Exploring story sharing in diverse, equity-funded kindergartens	Amanda White
Financial Capability in Aotearoa	Jo MacDonald
He reo ka tipu i ngā kura: Growing te reo Māori in schools	Esther Smaill, Nicola Bright
Leading with high expectations	Mengnan Li
Libraries, literacy and reading for pleasure	Sue McDowall
Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool	Ben Gardiner
Manaakitia ngā tamariki kia ora ai - Supporting Student Wellbeing	Nicola Bright, Sally Boyd
Me aro ki te hā o Hine-ahu-one - Wāhine Māori in Leadership	Keita Durie, Melissa Denzler
Te purenga ihomatua i te ao mātauranga \| Decolonising Education	Nicola Bright, Rose Hipkins
Te Tīrewa Mātai	Sheridan McKinley, Keita Durie
Teaching and Learning Research Initiative	Davina Hunt
Teaching and School Practices Survey Tool (TSP)	Heleen Visser, Sue McDowall
Tūturu Evaluation Services	Sally Boyd
Uiuinga ā-Motu o ngā Kura; National Survey of Schools	Mengnan Li, Jo MacDonald
Wellbeing@School toolkit	Jonathan Fisher

Completed research projects

Title	Contact person(s)
Aotearoa New Zealand's histories and Te Takanga o te Wā
Children’s experiences of learning at home through COVID-19	Sue McDowall
Competencies in NZC	Rose Hipkins
Competent Learners	Cathy Wylie
Curriculum for the Future	Rachel Bolstad
Evaluation of the Teach First NZ programme pilot
Exploring learning-partnerships using Growing Up in New Zealand (GUiNZ) longitudinal data	Elliot Lawes
Future focussed issues in education	Rachel Bolstad
Games for Learning	Rachel Bolstad
He Tīrewa  Ako	Sheridan McKinley
Impact of education reforms	Cathy Wylie
Inclusive Practices Tools (IPT) Development Project	Jonathan Fisher, Sally Boyd
Investigating National Beginning Teachers project	Jo MacDonald
Ka Whānau Mai te Reo	Nicola Bright
Kia Takatū ā-Matihiko - National Digital Readiness Programme evaluation	Nicola Bright, Rachel Bolstad
Knowing Practice
Learning experiences outside the classroom (LEOTC) contract monitoring
Mana Ora: Students Decarbonising Schools evaluation	Rachel Bolstad
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA)	Charles Darr
Pathways and Prospects: A longitudinal study of young people negotiating transition after school
PB4L evaluations	Cathy Wylie, Sally Boyd
Play.sport Evaluation	Sally Boyd
Progress and Consistency Tool (PaCT)	Charles Darr
Refreshing The New Zealand Curriculum	Heleen Visser
School's Carbon Footprint Pilot	Rachel Bolstad
Schools collaborating with community and professional experts	Rachel Bolstad
Science community engagement	Rachel Bolstad
Science in the curriculum
Shifting Thinking (Archived)
Social Workers in Schools (SWiS): Tamariki and whānau experiences of the SWiS programme in kura kaupapa Māori and kura ā-iwi	Nicola Bright
Sport in Education evaluation support	Sally Boyd
Student activism: learning through action
Survey of language use in Māori households and communities \| Te tirohanga i te kōrerotanga o te reo rangatira i roto i ngā kāinga Māori me ngā rohe
Te Ahu o te Reo	Sheridan McKinley
Teachers of promise
Teaching for complex systems thinking	Rose Hipkins
Tracking principals appointments	Cathy Wylie
Transforming Industry-Led Assessment of On-Job Learning
Women becoming secondary school leaders: Barriers, supports, and enablers	Cathy Wylie, Jo MacDonald