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New Zealand Council for Educational Research | Rangahau Mātauranga o Aotearoa

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Messages about reading

This report presents the findings from a study conducted in 2003 on the strategies adopted at three schools to enhance home-school communication in the area of…

Shaping our futures: Meeting secondary students' learning needs in a time of evolving qualifications: final report of the Learning Curves project

The Learning Curves project has documented changes in the subject and assessment choices offered to senior students in six medium-sized New Zealand secondary schools between 2002…

Socialisation of teachers into the culture of assessment

While new graduates of teacher education programmes are employed as provisionally registered teachers, they are still expected to plan, teach, and assess a full classroom programme…

Educational issues for communities affected by transience and residential mobility: report on phase 1

The New Zealand population as a whole is highly mobile. This can bring benefits to a community, but can also have adverse effects, particularly where there…

Reading Recovery in New Zealand: Uptake, implementation, and outcomes, especially in relation to Maori and Pasifika students

This research project evaluated Reading Recovery, an early intervention for students making limited progress in reading and writing after their first year at school. The study…

Evaluation of Kaupapa Ara Whakawhiti Mātauranga (KAWM)

Kaupapa Ara Whakawhiti Mätauranga (KAWM) encompassed a number of school improvement initiatives and aimed to: improve student achievement; improve school performance; strengthen school and community relationships;…

Evaluation of First-Time Principals Induction Programme 2003

This evaluation provides external feedback on a national induction programme, the First Time Principals (FTP) Programme. The University of Auckland Principals Centre was contracted by the…

Te rerenga ā te pīrere: a longitudinal study of kōhanga reo and kura kaupapa Māori students | Phase I

Te Rerenga ā te Pīrere(The Flight of the Fledgling) is a longitudinal study of 111 kōhanga reo and kura kaupapa Māori students. This project is perhaps…

Environmental education in New Zealand schools: Research into current practice and future possibilities

This report summarises the findings from the Environmental Education in New Zealand Schools research project, undertaken for the Ministry of Education by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research…

Learning curves | a longitudinal project

The research is set against the background of the introduction of the new senior secondary school qualifications regime, the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA). For…