A Focus on Science Achievement Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 This paper summarises data on engagement and achievement in science across primary and secondary schools. This information has been collated across national and international studies undertaken…
Sent Home: The impact on the family of a child’s exclusion from school Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2009 This study aims to fill the apparent gap, and present the thoughts and feelings of New Zealand families affected by exclusion. This report was prepared for the…
Evaluation of the ECE Information and Communication Technologies Professional Learning Programme Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2009 The Early Childhood Education Information and Communication Technology Professional Learning Programme (ECE ICT PLP) is a three year pilot professional development programme established in 2006. The…
How Much Difference Does It Make? Notes on Understanding, Using, and Calculating Effect Sizes for Schools Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2009 A good way of presenting differences between groups or changes over time in test scores or other measures is by ‘effect sizes’, which allow us to…
The Spinafex Effect: Developing a theory of change for communities Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2009 The report provides a brief overview of a two-year process of reflection, critique and practice development, and highlights some of the key practice learning from this…
NEMP Music Assessment Results 2008 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2009 In 2008, the second year of the fourth cycle of national monitoring, three areas were assessed: music, aspects of technology, and reading and speaking. This report…
Education and enterprise: Learning at the interface Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2009 This is the final report from the Evaluation of the Regional E4E Cluster Initiative, carried out for the Ministry of Education, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise…
NZCER evaluation of the Regional Education for Enterprise (E4E) Clusters Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2009 Two mini reports were part of a two-year evaluation of Phase Two of the Regional Education for Enterprise (E4E) Clusters Initiative. The initiative’s overall aim was…
The changing face of Fruit in Schools Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2009 Healthy Futures is the evaluation of the Ministry of Health’s Fruit in Schools (FiS) initiative. This evaluation was conducted by the New Zealand Council for Educational…
Nursing Services in New Zealand Secondary Schools: A Summary Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2009 Health services, often nursing, have always had a presence in schools although these services have often been sporadic. Little is known about the roles, responsibilities and…
