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This article draws on a recent New Zealand study of how young people learn to think critically about the past when they conduct internally assessed course work. The research demonstrated that,...
| Year published: 2014 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
An early warning system can draw the attention of teachers to students’ learning needs early in the course of study, allow monitoring of progress in student learning, and guide the implementation of...
| Year published: 2014 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The changing nature of literacy in the senior secondary school means that many common tools do not give subject teachers the detailed information they need to identify and address strengths and gaps...
| Year published: 2014 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This article draws on an empirical study that suggests useful practical strategies for representing progression in history, especially regarding historical empathy. It also demonstrates how teachers...
| Year published: 2014 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The New Zealand Government has announced a change package in response to a recent review of the National Certificates of Educational Achievement (NCEA). In this article Charles Darr, a chief...
| Year published: 2019 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: Set 2019_3_057.pdf | Content type: Set article
This article explores the effect of high-stakes assessment on the representation of epistemic knowledge in the enacted curriculum—that is, the curriculum experienced by students in the classroom....
| Year published: 2017 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: CM_2017_13_080.pdf | Content type: Curriculum Matters article
New Zealand’s previous examination-based secondary assessment system can be viewed as encompassing cultural values presenting unfair challenges for indigenous and other nonmajority students. The...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article
The introduction of a revised national curriculum for New Zealand has precipitated a subject-wide project to align requirements for high-stakes secondary school assessments (the National Certificate...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article
Since 2007, substantial restructuring of New Zealand’s national school curriculum has occurred. This change has been paralleled by extensive revisions to New Zealand’s high-stakes...
| Year published: 2014 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article
When I was corresponding with one of the authors in this issue, Emeritus Professor James Popham, I received an advertisement for his latest book in a document called “Popham eflyer”. As...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: AM2010_2_001.pdf | Content type: Assessment Matters article