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Beyond books: New NZCER research urges broader view of literacy in early childhood
The latest report from New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) provides a fresh perspective of literacy in early ...
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Climate stressors are impacting our primary schools
As Prentice et al. (2024) note, climate stressors can begin to impact on children/learners even before they are born, due to ...
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Updates to stanine reporting for PAT Pānui | PAT Reading Comprehension
As of June 1, NZCER is using updated national reference information to report stanines and generate boxplots for PAT Pānui | ...
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How do primary principals in Aotearoa feel about recent curriculum changes?
These transitions, which were still in progress at the time of the 2024 survey and our latest report on primary principal ...
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Strengthening early literacy practice: Exploring story sharing in diverse, equity-funded kindergartens
This study, conducted in partnership with Hutt City Kindergartens, explores story sharing - a critical aspect of early ...
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Taking a bite of the apple: The implementation of Fruit in Schools. Appendices (which include the 2006 case studies) Research publication 2007 Evaluation of the Literacy Professional Development ...
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History Matters 2: A handbook for teaching and learning how to think ...
This book is aimed at teachers working with young people to think critically about the past. Its blend of fresh thinking, classroom activities and the latest research make it essential reading for the ...
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Progressive Achievement Tests: An update from our Tumuaki, Graeme ...
Tēnā koe, We have been receiving a number of questions this past week regarding the future of the Progressive Achievement Tests (PATs), so I'd like to take a moment to clarify our position. NZCER is ...
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Literacy and mathematics: Our guides to assessing twice a year
As schools gear up for Term 1, assessment will be at the forefront of many teachers' minds. NZCER offers many options for assessing literacy and mathematics, from our suite of Progressive Achievement ...
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How PATs relate to the new curriculum | New Zealand Council for ...
Progressive Achievement Tests (PATs) are standardised tests available for students in Years 3-10, and are one of the options available to schools in 2025 as they are encouraged to assess twice yearly ...
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Item reporting for Progressive Achievement Tests now available
NZCER is excited to introduce new item reporting for the Progressive Achievement Tests (PATs), our standardised assessments for years 3-11. This is a type of reporting in our NZCER Assist platform, ...
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Treaty Principles Bill cannot proceed [Press Release]
The Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill is not workable and should not proceed, argues Rangahau Mātauranga o Aotearoa | NZ Council for Educational Research (NZCER). In its submission on the bill ...