Links

Ministry of Education Links

    STEO
    Services for Tertiary Education Organisations.

    Studyit
    Your one stop site for achieving in NCEA maths, science, and English.
    Find what you need to know, contact subject teachers, and get
    encouragement from other students.

    Te Hiringa i te Mahara
    Te Hiringa i te Mahara aims to empower you as a Māori secondary
    school teacher, particularly if you are a teacher of te reo Māori.

    Te Kete Ipurangi
    Bilingual portal site which provides quality assured educational material
    for teachers, school managers, and the wider education community.

    Teach NZ
    A unit of the Ministry of Education concerned with promoting teaching as
    a profession and assisting people to become teachers.




    Tertiary Analysis Newsletters
    These newsletters publicise the latest information on tertiary education
    research, analysis and statistics. It features work from the Ministry of
    Education, as well as other government agencies.



    WickED
    WickED is a fun learning site for kids between the ages of 7 and 12.

Government Portals

    New Zealand Government
    Find out all that you need to know about everything that Government has
    to offer. From drivers' licences to dog licences, tax issues to health
    issues, starting a family to starting a business.


 
    Statisphere
    New Zealand's official statistics portal with links to official statistics  
    published by Statistics New Zealand and other government agencies.




    WorkSite
    When you've got a question about work this is the place to be. You'll find
    useful links and information on everything to do with employment and
    training in New Zealand. Take a look around or use 'Search' to find what
    you need.



    Business Government NZ
    Business.govt.nz is the whole of government business portal designed to
    make it easier to run your business. It acts as an online business adviser,
    providing a gateway to business resources.

National Education Focus

    Career Services
    Career advice, planning and information.





    Education New Zealand
    Information on New Zealand as a study destination.





    Education Review Office
    Government department responsible for reviewing and reporting publicly
    on the quality of education in all New Zealand schools and early
    childhood services.



    Independent Schools of New Zealand
    ISNZ represents private and independant schools.





    Industry Training Federation
    The Industry Training Federation (ITF) is a membership-based
    organisation, representing Industry Training Organisations (ITOs) that
    works with agencies and sector groups to improve the policy for and
    delivery of industry training.


    Ministry of Social Development
    Strategic social policy advice to Government and delivers income support
    and employment services.




    New Zealand Qualifications Authority
    Provides an overarching role in quality assured qualifications and to
    coordinate national qualifications in New Zealand.




    New Zealand School Trustees Association
    NZSTA supports and provides information to boards of trustees in the
    compulsory education sector.




    New Zealand Teachers Council
    Teacher Licensing in New Zealand.





    Statistics New Zealand
    New Zealand's major source of statistics.

 




    Contract Mapping
    Access to information about social services the that government funds in
    your community.
 

International Education Focus

    Association for Tertiary Education Management
    An Australasian association of tertiary education administrators and
    managers.




    IEA
    International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement.
    An independent, international cooperative of national research
    institutions and governmental research agencies. IEA oversees the TIMSS
    and PIRLS assessments.



    PIRLS
    The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study is a research project
    that will provide information on the reading literacy of Year 5 students. It
    is an international comparative study in which 35 countries participated in
    the first data collection in 2001.



    PISA
    The Programme for International Student Assessment is an international
    study that assesses how well 15-year-old students are prepared to meet
    the challenges of today's society. It is a three-yearly survey of
    15-year-olds in the principal industrialised countries.



    TIMSS
    Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, formerly known
    as the Third International Mathematics and Science Study, is an
    international comparative study that provides countries the opportunity to
    examine trends in mathematics and science achievement at the middle
                                                                                                                             primary level (Year 5) and lower secondary level (Year 9)

Education Research Organisations
National Research Sites

    SPEaR
    A coordination hub for government agencies and the social research and
    evaluation sector to improve capability, capacity and outcomes.




    New Zealand Council for Education Research
    An independent, educational research organisation with a bicultural focus.





    New Zealand Association for Research in Education
    NZARE is an association which aims to foster a high standard in the
    practice of educational research.




    Teaching & Learning Research Initiative
    The TLRI aims to build knowledge through partnership and research,
    about teaching and learning.




     Kiwi Research Information Service
     A gateway to the open-access research documents produced at
    universities, polytechnics, and other research institutions throughout New
    Zealand.

Education Research Organisations
University Research Sites

   
    Otago Polytechnic: Expertise & Publications Search
    Research Expertise and Publications database on the Otago Polytechnic
    website.




    University of Auckland Research Centres website
    Index for University of Auckland Research Centres.





    International Research Institute for Māori and Indigenous Education
    Undertakes research in all aspects of Māori and other indigenous
    education.




    Woolf Fisher Research Centre
    Centre for the development of education within South Auckland
    communities with an emphasis on Māori and Pacific islands children's
    education.



    Research Unit for Pacific Education
    Established as a centre for the co-ordination, publication and
    dissemination of research into Pacific Education.




    Auckland Uniservices Ltd
    Commercial research and knowledge transfer company for the University
    of Auckland.




    Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research (Waikato University)
    Established disseminate research relating to the broad field of learning
    and curriculum.




     Centre for Science and Technology Education Research
     (Waikato University)
    Provides a focus for postgraduate teaching, research and development in
    science, technology and environmental education.



   
    UNILink
    Assists the University of Waikato's academic staff in their quest for
    research funding and other support.




    Massey University Research Services
    Provides research support activities to academic staff.





    Institute for Early Childhood Studies
    The Institute aims to bring together early childhood teachers, researchers
    and other professionals to contribute to the knowledge base for early
    childhood education.




     Vic Link
     Victoria University's commercial arm through which contract research and
     consulting, intellectual property commercialisation and other services are
     offered.




    Canterprise
    A subsidiary of the University of Canterbury set up to work in partnership
    with industry to maximise the value of the intellectual property of the
    University.



    Lincoln Ventures Limited Group
    LVL provides development and consulting services and develops
    technologies for commercial exploitation.




    Centre for Research on Children and Families
    The Centre aims to conduct and disseminate research of the highest
    standard that promotes understanding of the well-being among children
    and families. national interdisciplinary forum for research into and
    discussion of children's issues.


    NEMP
    The purpose of the National Education Monitoring Project is to get a
    broad picture of the achievements New Zealand school students at
    successive points in time so that: trends in educational performance can
    be identified and reported; good information is available to assist policy
                                                                                                                             makers, curriculum specialists and educators with their planning; and the
                                                                                                                             public can know about trends in educational achievement.

Education Research Organisations
International Research Sites

    Policy Hub
    Policy Hub is a web-site, developed by the Cabinet Office Government
    Social Research Unit, which aims to improve the way public policy is
    shaped and delivered.




   
    The Australasian Evaluation Society
    The AES is a professional organisation for people involved in evaluation,
    which aims to improve the theory, practice and use of evaluation.




    The Evaluation Exchange
    Harvard Family Research Project's evaluation periodical.





    The Evaluation Center   
    The Evaluation Center's mission is to advance the theory, practice, and
    utilization of evaluation.





    The WWW Virtual Library: Evaluation
    An online database of high quality Internet resources related to social
    policy evaluation.