New Zealand Living Standards: Their Measurement and Variation, with an Application To Policy Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2003 This paper describes the recently published ELSI scale for measuring living standards. It discusses results with major significance for social policy (including living standard distributions for…
Raising Children in New Zealand: Family Resilience and Good Child Outcomes - a Review of the Literature Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2003 This report is the third volume in the Ministry of Social Development’s new research series Raising Children in New Zealand. The series was established as a…
Church Report: The definition, diagnosis and treatment of children and youth with severe behaviour difficulties Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2003 This report is a review of the research into the development and treatment of severe behaviour difficulties in children and adolescents. The review was commissioned by…
Disability and Employment: Where is Government Policy Heading? Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2003 This paper looks at disability and employment policy and the impact it has on the mental health problems. This paper doesn't aim to be an in-depth…
A Study of the Use of School Entry Assessment (SEA) in Schools Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2003 School Entry Assessment (SEA) is a tool designed to provide teachers with information about some of the knowledge and skills children have when they first begin…
Pasifika Early Childhood Education Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2003 This scoping report was commissioned with the inter-relationship between children’s language acquisition, their cognitive development, and quality teaching in immersion and bilingual settings as the broad…
Alcohol-related data collection for harm-reduction purposes at the local level : a review of New Zealand data and action recommendations Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2003 ALAC Visiting Research Fellow, Dr Harold Holder's report defining a local alcohol information system for the prevention of harm. The report does so by identifying a…
Shifting the focus: Achievement information for professional learning Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2003 As professionals, teachers must continually update, deepen, and refine their knowledge and skills through professional development. The goal of professional development should be to raise student achievement.…
The sustainability of professional development in literacy Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2003 Part 1 Changing and sustaining teachers’ expectations through professional development in literacy This report forms Part One of the report to the participating schools and the Ministry…
Towards Building A New Consensus About New Zealand’s Productivity Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2003 There is a wide consensus that New Zealand’s productivity has been poor despite the comprehensive market-oriented reforms of the 1980’s. This consensus is based on estimates…
