NZCER has updated the item calibrations used to calculate scale scores for PAT Pānui | Reading Comprehension on the NZCER ...

“Rosemary Hipkins does not promise simple or easy answers; rather, she offers something far more valuable: a way of thinking ...

We found that reporting to parents and whānau acts as a key mediator between school culture and schools’ support systems. While assessment and reporting practices are interrelated and both shaped by ...

"E kore au e ngaro; he kâkano i ruiruia mai i Rangiâtea." I will never be lost; the seed was sown in Rangiâtea. This traditional Mâori proverb emphasises that the speaker knows his or her whakapapa ...

The findings of a recent Teaching and Learning Research Initiative (TLRI) project. Researchers used a collaborative whakawhānaungatanga approach to explore how early childhood educators in settings ...

Supporting vulnerable students, having too much asked of their school and recruiting quality teachers are among the biggest issues facing secondary schools in Aotearoa, new NZCER research has found.

We framed our session as an opportunity to explore climate transitions. One of the challenges of climate change is that it can feel big, scary, overwhelming, and outside of our control. Talking about ...

As schools gear up for Term 1, assessment will be at the forefront of many teachers' minds. NZCER offers many options for assessing literacy and mathematics, from our suite of Progressive Achievement ...

What happens when people become critically aware of our local Māori and colonial histories? How does this awareness impact on our own sense of self, and connection to place? How might this awareness ...

School attendance is a high-profile issue in the public eye this year, with a key government target being 80% of students attending school more than 90% of the time, and new proposed requirements for ...

The incoming NCEA co-requisite could do more harm than good in its current form. From 2024 students must achieve a co-requisite in literacy and numeracy|te reo matatini me te pāngarau to be awarded an ...

Supporting students with learning, social, emotional and wellbeing needs are the top issues for primary principals in Aotearoa. The findings come from Uiuinga ā-Motu o ngā Kura, the National Survey of ...