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School improvement has been the dominant paradigm informing educational policy and practice for a generation. There is no doubt that it has had a significant impact on almost every aspect of...
| Year published: 2006 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article The ideal that early childhood centres in Aotearoa/New Zealand are places where children and families “belong” raises questions for families who are in the process of looking for a centre to “belong...
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio 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 positive changes in early childhood education policy in New Zealand in the late 1980s occurred largely as a result of enough people coming together to speak with one voice for the sector. When...
| Year published: 1997 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article Homework is tradition that has survived waves of enthusiasm and of disenchantment. The famous report in the USA called A Nation at Risk, prescribed 'more homework' as one remedy for education's many...
| Year published: 1988 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: 
Set1988_1_015.pdf | Content type: Set article If any trend could be said to grow even as we watch, it would be the move away from what has been called 'social promotion': the current increase in policies that permit the retention of young...
| Year published: 1988 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article How can education help to break down unnecessary sex-stereotyping of school subjects? The issue was much discussed in the 70s. The 'Catch 22' situation in the diagram was common and it was realised...
| Year published: 1983 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article International climate agreements say education can play a key role in responding to the global challenge of climate change. My team and I are currently carrying out research to help build a national...
| Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: Set2020_3_030.pdf | Content type: Set article This article provides an overview and critical analysis of The English Language Learning Progressions (ELLP) (Ministry of Education, 2008). Identifying main themes through critical policy...
| Year published: 2020 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Curriculum Matters article This item is about a major unfairness in the New Zealand school system. This unfairness persists year after year. It is built into the way in which young children are promoted out of the junior...
| Year published: 1988 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article