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…
Youth and Alcohol ALAC Youth Drinking Monitor Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2002 This report presents the results of the ALAC Youth Drinking Monitor for 2002. This monitor is the fifth survey in a series commenced in 1997 to…
Evaluating the contribution Last Publication Date: 01 May 2002 Social Work Now, Issue 31, pages 12-18. This paper reports on the first stage in the ongoing development of an evaluation framework which will provide a basis…
Literature Review on Pacific Education Issues Last Publication Date: 31 Jan 2002 This Literature Review on Pasifika Education Issues was commissioned to provide valuable information about those issues for Pacific education which have been researched, and those which…
Medication Issues in counties Manukau Mental Health Services Last Publication Date: 31 Jan 2002 A 2001 study (Abas, Vanderpyl et al. 2001) identified medication problems as a major reason for admission into hospital. In response, this 2004 study examined stakeholder…
PISA 2000: The New Zealand context Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2002 The New Zealand context to the PISA 2000 study is the focus of this report, published in August 2002. The performance of sub-groups of 15-year-olds is…
Raising Children in New Zealand: The Influence of Parental Income on Children's Outcomes Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2002 It is well established that parental income is positively associated with virtually every dimension of child well-being that social scientists measure. This report advances beyond simple…
Building Strength: Youth Development Literature Review Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2002 A review of research on how to achieve good outcomes for young people in their families, peer groups, schools, careers and communities (published in June 2002…
Pathways over the transition to schools: Studies in family literacy practices and effective classroom concepts for Māori and Pasifika children Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2002 Two outcomes of research and development are described in this report. One is the development of a set of resources suitable for family literacy education. The…