PATs have supported teachers for more than 50 years now, providing a consistent, evidence-based way to understand student ...

NZCER is pleased once again to host Professor Brent Duckor and Dr Carrie Holmberg (San José State University) as they present ...

Each PAT is built from a carefully selected sample of questions that represent the key ideas and skills contributing to increasing competence in a learning domain. The content, such as reading ...

NZCER has run a National Survey of Primary Schools regularly since 1989, with the last survey of primary school teachers ...

Given Aotearoa New Zealand’s high need for anti-bullying initiatives and the advantages of a coordinated, community-wide ...

In 2023, the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER), on contract to the Ministry of Education, undertook research to assess schools’ responses to the Equity Index (EQI) and the ...

Digital citizenship education (DCE) is a concept that looks to develop learners as competent, critical, and active participants in digitally connected societies. The New Zealand Curriculum (NZC) ...

This article responds to increasing school and cross-sector interest surrounding culturally responsive pedagogy and the multiple ways that it is being discussed and understood. We try to bring clarity ...

We can no longer predict knowledge needed for the future, which has significant implications for contemporary literacy programmes. In this article we argue that reconceptualising current literacy ...

Research confirms kaiako with disabilities promote diversity and inclusivity in ECE settings, yet face barriers limiting professional opportunities. This study surveyed ECE student kaiako and ...

Measuring progress through assessment can be a difficult task. You can use assessment data to identify whether student have made progress, but this remains one piece of the overall puzzle. In this new ...

This article describes the journey of a Māori early childhood centre towards an assessment framework that embeds Māori epistemologies, ideas of valued learning and cultural norms and understandings.