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A substantial number of teachers working in Auckland’s poor urban primary schools are highly successful in their practice. They have an expertise that takes children to their academic and personal...
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The main purpose of assessment was once its selection and grading functions. Teachers customarily marked work in order to grade it and to give a position in class. This prompted the question whether...
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Earlier this year 225 primary, intermediate and secondary schools took part in a national consultation on the draft national exemplars. Schools effectively trialled the exemplars and provided...
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Teachers are often asked to work in partnership with others to meet the educational needs of their students. If the partnership is to be successful, it is important that people are clear about why...
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This article examines the changes that 12 primary, intermediate and secondary schools made to the way they planned and organised professional development, and evaluates the experience of four of the...
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Each year, the National Education Monitoring Project (NEMP) engages teachers to work intensively with children administering a wide range of assessment tasks, and to mark children’s recorded...
| Year published: 2001 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
A recent NZCER research project focused on computer use in the home and school or ECE centre by children with special needs. It provided information about how the use of computers can benefit...
| Year published: 2000 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Research into primary teachers’ assessment and recording practices highlights three approaches to classroom assessment. These are analysed to show how they contribute to both formative and summative...
| Year published: 2000 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The significance of formative assessment strategies for student learning has been summed up by Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam in their review of all research data from 1988 to 1998. Twenty English...
| Year published: 2000 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Teachers can find themselves isolated in the busy life of schools. This climate is not conducive to effective appraisal and professional growth. Here are some specific strategies that school leaders...
| Year published: 1999 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article