Evaluation of the Inservice Teacher Education Practice Project (INSTEP) Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2009 INSTEP was a research and development project aimed at improving the quality of inservice teacher education. The project, carried out by the Ministry of Education, set…
Beyond Reasonable Debt Part 2: The extent to which financial behaviour can explain over-indebtedness amongst New Zealand families Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2009 The Families Commission and Retirement Commision have jointly released this second report on debt. The study found that financial behaviour (notably not saving and living pay-to-pay ‘most'…
The impact of firm closure on worker's future labour market outcomes Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2009 This paper examines the impact of job loss due to firm closure on workers’ employment, earnings, and benefit receipt. It uses data from Statistics New Zealand’s…
Readiness to Implement The New Zealand Curriculum (2 of 2) Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2009 These earlier reports should be used for historical perspective – many of our more recent reports replace these and are more current and up to date. Schools…
Cancer: New Registrations and Deaths 2005 – Revised edition Last Publication Date: 02 Jul 2009 This annual statistical publication collates and analyses data on primary malignant tumour cases diagnosed in New Zealand, as reported to the New Zealand Cancer Registry.The NZ…
Flying the nest: an analysis of Kiwi firms delisting from the NZX Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2009 Recent commentary has suggested an increasing trend in delistings from the NZX, driven by offshore takeovers. However, some of that commentary has been driven by anecdotal…
Monthly Migration Trends: July 2008 -June 2009 Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2009 This report provides a brief summary of migration trends for the 2008/09 financial year. The report focuses on three key areas: the New Zealand Residence Programme,…
Motivation and Achievement at Secondary School - The relationship between NCEA design and student motivation and achievement: A Three-Year Follow-Up Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2009 Longitudinal Research on the Impact of the NCEA and Student Motivation and Achievement was funded as a series of studies by a Ministry of Education research…
Outcomes for teachers and students in the ICTPD School Clusters Programme 2005-2007: A national overview Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2009 This report focuses on the effectiveness of the 2005-2007 Information and Communication Technologies Professional Development (ICT PD) School Clusters programmes and supplements previous evaluations of the…
Encouraging more preparation of evening meals at home: An in-home family partial ethnographic study Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2009 This set of power point slides documents findings of a HSC commissioned study into a sample of lower income families with school age children, where evening…