Paraprofessional Practice in ESOL Programmes: Part 1: Description and evaluation of paraprofessional practices in supporting initial reading programmes Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 This document reports on the first part of a two year study on the practices of ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) paraprofessionals working with…
Working with young people Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 Social Work Now, Issue 42, pages 5-11. Working with young people is tremendously rewarding. Few professional areas of social work provide the kind of practice potential that…
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…
Systematic review of the literature on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Last Publication Date: 02 Mar 2009 This systematic review of the literature on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) evaluates the relative effectiveness of various prevention strategies aimed at reducing the burden of…
ALAC Alcohol Monitor 2007-08 Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2009 This report updates the drinking behaviours report produced for ALAC covering the 2005-06 and 2006-07 periods. Whereas the reports for these previous years are based on four…
Race Relations in 2008 Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2009 This is the fifth annual review of race relations in New Zealand. Its purpose is to record the major events, issues and developments of the past…
Family Court Statistics in New Zealand in 2006 and 2007 Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2009 This is the third Family Court Statistics report. It is based on data up to and including the 2007 year. It differs from the previous report…
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…
