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Professional Development in Early Childhood Settings: Best Evidence Synthesis Iteration (BES)

This synthesis addresses the question of:“What constitutes quality professional development as it relates to learning opportunities, experiences and outcomes for children within diverse early childhood provisions?”…

What factors make a difference to getting a degree in New Zealand?

One of the questions that has arisen from the publication of attrition rates in tertiary education in New Zealand, especially for institutional planners and policy makers,…

Collaborating across Policy, Research and Practice: Knowledge Building for Sustainable Educational Development

I have been asked by the organisers of the joint OECD/Netherlands Evidence Based Policy Research [EBPR1] Conference – Linking Evidence to Practice, to focus on the…

Reading Achievement in New Zealand in 1990 and 2001: Results from the Trends in IEA's Reading Literacy Study

The aim of this report is to present a descriptive summary of similarities and differences between the achievement in reading literacy of New Zealand Year 5…

Parent Mentoring Initiative Evaluation

The Parent Mentoring Initiatives is the forming of relationships between parents and school that enables both parties to contribute more effectively to the education and achievement…

Approaches and implications of e-learning adoption on academic staff efficacy and working practice: a comparative study

This report was commissioned by the Ministry and undertaken by the Universal College of Learning in collaboration with Otago Polytechnic. It examined the multiplicity of staff…

Measuring Success: Using NEMP to Conduct School-Wide Review and Development

Since the early 1990s a key management function in all New Zealand schools has been to review school-wide curriculum programmes for purposes of reporting student achievement…

Pacific Islands School Community Parent Liaison Project Case Study

The Pacific Islands School Community Parent Liaison (PISCPL) project is one of a number of initiatives that originated out of Vaka Ou: The Pacific Islands Labour…

Shifting balances

This project consisted of two research ouputs:Shifting balances: The impact of level 1 NCEA on teaching of mathematics and science: This research reports on the impact of…

Evaluation of Generation XP

The progress of the Generation XP Digital Opportunities Pilot Project is reported for the period January 2002 to December 2003. During this time, eight low decile…