Provision for Students in Activity Centres Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2013 This national report presents the findings of ERO’s recent evaluation of the 14 Activity Centres in New Zealand providing alternative schooling for secondary students likely to…
Secondary Literacy Reports Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2013 National and international evidence suggests that in many education systems, including New Zealand, large numbers of students graduate from or leave school without the levels of…
Interpreting science – implications for public understanding, advocacy and policy formation Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2013 In 2011, I released a discussion paper entitled Towards better use of evidence in policy formation which discussed the interaction between knowledge and policy making. It…
Studying engineering at university: Who is eligible and who decides to study it? Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2013 This report considers the question: 'How many students leave school with the pre-requisites that enable them to study engineering?' In addition it investigates the likelihood of…
Crown Research Institutes: Results of the 2011/12 audits Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2013 Science and innovation are important to New Zealand's economic growth. The two high-level (government priority) outcomes that the science and innovation sector contributes to are "growing…
New and Emerging Cardiac Technologies in Australian and New Zealand Public Health Service Over the Next Decade Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2013 This report, commissioned by the Health Policy Advisory Committee on Technology (HealthPACT), describes key new and emerging cardiac technologies, what they are used for and the…
The satisfaction of international students in New Zealand universities and ITPs Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2013 The Ministry of Education and Education New Zealand contracted the International Graduate Insight Group (i-graduate) to survey international students at New Zealand institutes of technology and…
Strengthening engagements between schools and the science community Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2013 This research aimed to generate evidence-based recommendations for strengthening partnerships between schools and the science community to support students’ science learning and engagement. It was underpinned…
Secondary schools in 2012 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2013 This report contains the main findings from NZCER's 2012 national survey of secondary schools. The survey draws on responses from more than half the country’s secondary…
NCEA one decade on | Views and experiences from the 2012 NZCER National Survey of Secondary Schools Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2013 This report documents views and experiences of NCEA from NZCER's 2012 National Survey of Secondary Schools. Responses from teachers (1266) and principals (177) predominate, but the…
