School planning and reporting in action: The early years of the new framework Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2007 From 2003, schools have been required to gather data on student learning and engagement, and to use it to set goals for boosting student achievement. This…
School governance in New Zealand - How is it working? Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2007 This paper draws on the findings of a number of national surveys of primary schools conducted by NZCER since 1989, and in secondary schools since 2003.…
To clarify and quantify the so called “decline in fitness levels of today’s youth” Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2007 This is a 2007 secondary teachers’ sabbatical report. A longitudinal study traces the fitness levels of Year 9, 10, and 11 students at Hillcrest High School…
Evaluation of the Flaxmere Project: When families learn the language of school Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2007 The Flaxmere Project is about establishing and implementing processes through which the Flaxmere schools collectively engage with the community and caregivers of childre in order to…
Findings From the New Zealand Numeracy Development Projects 2006 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2007 The Numeracy Development Projects (NDP) began with a pilot in 2000 and since then have expanded to involve almost all of the primary schools in New…
Evaluation of the 2006 Secondary Numeracy Project Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2007 In 2005, the Secondary Numeracy Pilot Project (SNP) was introduced in a selection of secondary schools to: improve outcomes for students by raising their achievement in mathematics,…
Information and Communication Technologies Professional Development (ICTPD) School Clusters Programme Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2006 Evaluations of the Information and Communication Technologies Professional Development (ICTPD) teacher professional development initiative. The ICTPD School Cluster programmes in New Zealand are aimed at increasing…
Bilingual Education in Aotearoa/New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2006 In 2004, researchers from the University of Waikato, led by Professor Stephen May, who is an international authority on bilingual education, looked at the national and…
Children's Strategies in Numeracy Activity Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2006 This NEMP Probe study was associated with the course, TL835 Issues in Numeracy, in the Master of Teaching and Learning of the Christchurch College of Education.…
Staying at School Consultation Report Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2006 The Ministry of Education commissioned a consultation exercise with principals, education sector representatives and with students who have left school before turning 16 to identify the…
