This is the fourth annual evaluation report for the Sorted in Schools, Te whai hua – kia ora programme, a financial literacy programme for secondary school students and ākonga, led by Te Ara Ahunga Ora Retirement Commission. In 2023, the evaluation focused on collecting data about key programme goals and reporting on the proportion of schools and kura that used Sorted in Schools, Te whai hua – kia ora in ...

As part of the National Survey of Schools project, part of NZCER’s Te Pae Tawhiti programme of research, we collaborated with the New Zealand Area Schools Association (NZASA) to survey area school teachers between 15 June and 21 July 2023. 

A total of 652 area teachers across 64 area schools completed the survey, with questions focusing on: 

• Views on the year ahead
• Support for Māori students
• Support for Pacific students ...

The long-running National Survey of Schools project is part of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research’s (NZCER’s) Te Pae Tawhiti programme of research, funded through the Ministry of Education. NZCER has run a national survey of secondary schools every 3 years since 2003. As part of the 2022 National Survey of Secondary Schools, we invited all English-medium secondary school principals (state and state-integrated) to complete our surveys.

The report ...

Me aro ki te hā o Hine-ahu-one 

He pūmanawa motuhake, he tauira hautū motuhake, ngā tikanga tāke-ā-ahurea, me te hiahia kia noho mai he kaiako pono ētahi o ngā kitenga matua o tētahi mātainga hou mō ngā wāhine Māori i roto i te hautūtanga mātauranga.  

He pūrongo hou a Me aro ki te hā o Hine-ahu-one | Wāhine Māori in Leadership nā Te Wāhanga, te wāhanga rangahau ...

This report explores the support that early career teachers | kaiako (ECT|K) in English-medium early childhood education, primary, and secondary centres need. It includes an examination of aspects of the mentoring process that are working well for both ECT|K and their mentors and suggests ways this support could be improved. 

Additionally, the study included a specific focus on the experiences of Māori and Pacific ECT|K working in English-medium centres. These ...

Kia Takatū ā-Matihiko, the National Digital Readiness Programme, was a bilingual and bicultural programme designed to support teachers, kaiako, principals, and tumuaki to feel confident and well equipped to be ready to implement the new Digital Technologies and Hangarau Matihiko (DT & HM) curriculum content that had been added to The New Zealand Curriculum and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa, respectively.

Kia Takatū ā-Matihiko was funded by the Ministry of Education ...

 As part of the NZCER portfolio of research and evaluation on financial capability in Aotearoa, Te Ara Ahunga Ora wanted to hear the voices of students/ākonga to understand what they think about Sorted in Schools and learning about financial capability.

In this study, junior secondary (Years 9 and 10) ākonga from four English-medium schools were asked about their views about money and financial capability, and their experiences of the ...

Kei tēnā, kei tēnā, kei tēnā anō, a tōnā ake āhua, tōnā ake mauri, tōnā ake mana.
Each and every one has their own uniqueness, life essence, and presence.

The New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) was asked to carry out research for the Ministry of Education related to the future of Special Assessment Conditions (SAC) in the context of the National Certificates of Educational Achievement (NCEA).

This report details our findings ...

In 2022, the Ministry of Education launched the Literacy & Communication and Maths Strategy, followed by the Literacy & Communication and Maths Action Plans. The next priority for implementing the action plans was to develop a Common Practice Model (CPM). The CPM outlines principles and evidence-informed pedagogical approaches to underpin teaching and learning for literacy & communication and maths within Te Whāriki and The New Zealand Curriculum ...

He wherawhera rangahau kaupapa Māori a Ngā whai painga o Te Ao Haka: The positive impacts of Te Ao Haka for ākonga, whānau, and kaiako, nā Te Wāhanga. I whai te mahi nei kia mārama ki ngā painga me ngā panonitanga ka ara ake pea mā ngā ākonga Māori, mā tōna whānau, mā te kaiako hoki ina whai mana ōrite tētehi marau pēnei i Te Ao Haka— i ...