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What do international rankings tell us about the performance of New Zealand universities?

This report analysed the data behind the Annual Rankings of World Universities Top 500 and Times Higher Education Supplement Top 200 university rankings to see what…

Labour market outcomes of skills and qualifications

This paper looks at the employment and income benefits of literacy skills and qualifications. It draws on data from the Adult Literacy and Life Skills (ALL)…

COI Kidsfirst Kindergartens Bush Street: Centre of Innovation 2006-2008

This report describes the New Zealand Early Childhood Centre of Innovation research project at Kidsfirst Kindergartens in Bush Street (Bush Street), Rangiora. Two teachers (Kay Henson…

Enhancing and Igniting Talent Development Initiatives: Research to determine effectiveness

This report presents the findings from research involving five Talent Development Initiatives for improving outcomes for gifted and talented students or their teachers. The purpose of…

PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) 2006

What is PISA? The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an international standardised study that assesses and compares how well countries are preparing their 15-year-old…

A Literature Review focused on Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) and e-Learning in the Context of Te Reo Māori and Kaupapa Māori Education

The Ministry of Education has identified the need to further explore the use of Virtual Learning Environments particularly in the context of te reo Māori and…

School leavers’ progression to bachelors-level study

This study looks at the likelihood of people leaving school for bachelors level study.  It considered school leavers who had gained the University Entrance standard. The…

Non-formal and formal learning – Adults in education

This fact sheet looks at the percentage of adults aged 25 to 64 engaged in some form of study in 2006. In particular, it includes new…

Ua Aoina le Manogi o le Lolo: Pasifika Schooling Improvement Research - Final Report

The current project focuses on the effectiveness of Schooling Improvement initiatives for Pasifika. The purposes were to identify the practices that work to raise achievement and…

Training Opportunities: Exploring what happens two months later

This paper builds on previous statistical analysis published by the Ministry of Education on Training Opportunities, a programme designed to help people get into the labour…