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Pasifika Achievement: Engagement and Choice

The benefits of secondary school qualifications are numerous. Achieving at school and gaining secondary qualifications gives students a strong foundation for life-long learning. It also improves…

Working in the Light of Evidence, as well as Aspiration

This literature review considers research into the effective teaching practices in literacy, numeracy and language teaching. Auckland Uniservices conducted a literature review on behalf of the…

What determines the research performance of staff in New Zealand’s tertiary education sector?

This report applies statistical modelling to the results of the 2003 Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) Quality Evaluation. It provides interesting new information on the performance of…

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…