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…
Picking up the Pace Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2002 This research project delivered concentrated professional development in literacy instruction to groups of early childhood and new entrant teachers in decile one schools in Mangere and…
Sustaining school improvement: Ten primary schools' journeys Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2002 How do New Zealand schools make substantial changes? Why do schools feel the need to change? Do they change simply in reaction to outside pressure, or…
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…
Survey on public attitudes towards the physical discipline of children Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2001 The survey was conducted by the Ministry of Justice to ascertain public attitudes towards the physical discipline of children. This information is to inform ongoing policy…
Evaluation of Schools Support Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2001 This report discusses the findings of an evaluation of the Ministry of Education's Schools Support Project as it was between mid-1995 and late 2000. The two…
Integrated effective service provision for children and young people with physical disabilities Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2001 This is the full report of the first stage of a research programme on effective services for students with disabilities, commissioned by the Ministry of Education…
Diagnostic Assessment Tools in Māori Medium Education: A Stocktake and Preliminary Evaluation Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2001 The purpose of the stocktake/evaluation was “to determine which Māori-medium diagnostic tools are currently used in New Zealand to assess student’s achievement in reading, writing and…
Questioning Gender: Snapshots from Explaining and Addressing Gender Differences in the New Zealand Compulsory School Sector Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2001 The material in this report is drawn directly from an earlier, much larger report, Explaining and Addressing Gender Differences in the Compulsory School Sector: A Literature…