An Analysis of Year 4 and Year 8 Spelling Errors from an Expressive Writing Task in the 2006 National Education Monitoring Project Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2008 Attention to the assessment and teaching of specific spelling skills seems to have received less attention than many other aspects of writing. A sample of 116…
Different Tracks - a look at the different ways New Zealanders get tertiary qualifications Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2008 This report looks at the extent to which tertiary students change qualifications or providers during the course of their study, and the impact this has on…
Advanced trade, technical and professional qualifications – matching supply to demand Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2008 There is a limited number of areas where it is clear that increasing the number of people with trade, technical or professional qualifications would definitely reduce…
Educational achievements of student support recipients Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2008 This report presents the results of a study on the effects of different types of financial aid, provided through the student support system, on educational outcomes…
The Economic Impact of Export Education Last Publication Date: 30 Jun 2008 This publication/resource contains material which was developed with funding from the Export Education levy and managed by Education New Zealand on behalf of the Ministry of…
SPEaR Good Practice Guidelines 2008 Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2008 The Social Policy Evaluation and Research Committee (SPEaR) was established by Government in 2001. The SPEaR Terms of Reference included a specific function to promote the…
Good Practice in Supporting and Engaging Senior Secondary Students Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2008 This evaluation report about good practice in supporting and engaging senior secondary students draws on the work of nine New Zealand secondary schools and identifies principles…
Te Rau Awhina: - Good Practice Examples of Māori and Pasifika Private Training Establishments Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2008 This study was designed to investigate the practices of nominated Māori and Pasifika Private Training Establishments (PTEs) in relation to teaching & learning, and programme design…
Hei titiro anō i te whāinga: Māori achievement in bachelors degrees revisited Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2008 This report revisits and updates Te whai i nga taumata atakura – supporting Māori achievement in bachelors degrees. In this report, we look in greater detail…
Post-school choices: How well does academic achievement predict the tertiary education choices of school leavers? Last Publication Date: 01 May 2008 This report examines the association between academic achievement at secondary school and participation in the various types of tertiary education. This new research supports the government's…