This is the second and final report from the stage 1 evaluation of the ECE Strategic Plan. It reports on progress towards the three goals of the Plan and identifies changes that have occurred since baseline data were collected in 2004.

This report is from the final phase of the locality-based longitudinal evaluation of Pathways to the Future - Ngā Huarahi Arataki, the Strategic Plan for ECE. The report addresses ...

This report presents findings from the first phase of data collection for the stage 1 evaluation of the ECE Strategic Plan. It describes the localities and services participating in the evaluation and provides a baseline picture of how things were in mid-2004 in relation to the participation, quality and collaborative relationships goals of the Plan.

This first phase of the evaluation covers only the initial stages of the long-term strategic ...

This research project looks at the effects of computers on the learning of children with a disability, in their home and school environments. It identifies some of the factors which lead to the maximum educational benefits for children from the use of computers.

The research identifies the skills a child learns with the assistance of a computer, and progress in these skills over some months. The influences on children's learning ...

This research report details the findings of a national survey of provisionally registered teachers on the advice and guidance practices and programmes that were experienced during the first two years of teaching. The survey, along with a number of focus group interviews, provides an in-depth view of the nature of professional learning and assessment during the early years of teaching.

For three consecutive years NZCER is exploring the manner in which student subject choice at Year 11 changes in response to the implementation of the NCEA reforms. (The NCEA is a new senior secondary school qualifications regime, the National Certificates of Educational Achievement, first introduced in 2000.)

Below is an excerpt from a short report summarising the initial findings of this longitudinal project:

"In all six schools [studied] the NCEA ...

This report documents findings from 2003 - the second year of a three-year research project. NZCER is investigating changes in senior secondary school subjects, and the factors that influenced students’ subject choices, as New Zealand’s National Certificate in Educational Achievement (NCEA) reforms are being progressively implemented.

The report builds on the findings of the first year:
Learning curves: Meeting student needs in an evolving qualifications regime: From cabbages to kings ...

A learning story is a documented account of a child's learning event. These stories are structured around five key behaviours: taking an interest, being involved, persisting with difficulty, expressing a point of view or a feeling, and taking responsibility. A teaching story, on the other hand, is about evaluating practice.

In this research project, learning stories refers to the framework developed for assessment during the Project for Assessing Children's Experiences ...

An 8-page Key facts summary of the Competent Children at 12 report, 2004.

The main purpose of this research was to find out more about the contributions parent and whānau-led early childhood education (ECE) services are making to children's learning, parent knowledge/skills and social support, and community, in order to provide the Ministry of Education and parent/whānau-led services with information that could be used to support quality in these services.  For the purposes of this research parent/whānau led services were playcentres, kōhanga reo ...

This report describes the unique programmes that have been developed in seven low decile secondary schools to help students to gain qualifications and to experience successful transitions from school.

The Innovative Pathways study is a three-phase research project. It examines non-conventional Year 12 and 13 programmes at seven schools which are viewed as being successful in assessing "at risk" students in their transition from school to the workforce or further ...