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Revitalisation, relationships, resources: Assessment 3Rs for New Zealand teachers

| Year published: 2018 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text:

AM2018_12_105.pdf | Content type: Assessment Matters article

Sustaining assessment for learning by valuing partnerships and networks

Assessment for learning (AfL) improves student learning and achievement outcomes but, despite its positive effects, sustained implementation has been problematic. An examination of the policy...

| Year published: 2018 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text:

AM2018_12_080.pdf | Content type: Assessment Matters article

How year 12 classical studies students experience, understand, and use written feedback

A qualitative approach was used to investigate Year 12 secondary school students’ experiences, understandings and uses of written teacher feedback in classical studies. Participants in this small-...

| Year published: 2015 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article

Parent, whānau, and teacher engagement through online portfolios in early childhood education

Online portfolios, which allow teachers, families and children to document and share children’s experiences and learning, are increasingly used by New Zealand early childhood education (ECE) services...

| Year published: 2015 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article

Preparing primary and early childhood initial teacher education students to use assessment in teaching

This was a 3-year project that followed a cohort of initial teacher education (ITE) students from four universities over their 3-year programme. The project, “Learning to Become ‘Assessment...

| Year published: 2014 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article

The challenges school administrators face in building assessment literacy

This study explored elementary and secondary school administrators’ perspectives on their attempts to build assessment literacy—an understanding of the principles and practices of sound assessment....

| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article

The development and trial of Māori language tools for assessing oral language from Years 1 to 3

Author(s): Mere Berryman

Māori language education settings have resulted in teachers requiring efficient ways to identify the oral Māori language proficiency of students at the beginning of Māori-immersion schooling and...

| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article

Reporting to parents

Author(s): Mei Lai, Viviane Robinson

East Tamaki School worked with researchers to learn about how teachers viewed the requirements on reporting to parents, and how parents understood what was written. Teachers experienced the same...

| Year published: 2003 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

The English Language Learning Progressions (ELLP): Challenge or opportunity?

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

School Reports: “Praising With Faint Damns”

Schools spend huge amounts of time producing school reports which are one of the main vehicles for communicating students’ progress to parents. The writers investigated a series of school reports and...