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Learning More about Support Staff in Schools: Results from Surveys of Principals & Support Staff Members
This research report presents results from surveys of principals and school support staff members carried out in late 2010 in a random sample of schools. It complements an earlier report School Support Staff: Collectively Making Resources Count (May 2011), produced by the Support Staff Working Group. The Working Group was established as a shared initiative between the New Zealand School Trustees Association (NZSTA), the New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Roa (NZEI), and the Ministry of Education. Through a process of consultation and research this tripartite Working Group sought, among other things, to 'identify and assess whether there are potential workforce issues which are seen to hinder the effective use of support staff'.
Author(s): Research Division
Date Published: December 2011
An Evaluation of the Language & Culture Immersion Experiences for Teachers Programmes: Their Impact on Teachers and their Contribution to Effective Second Language Learning
This report was commissioned in 2008 by the Ministry of Education to determine the effectiveness of the language and culture immersion experiences for teachers on Language and Culture Immersion Experiences (LCIE) programmes. This report provides recommendations which will inform future language and culture immersion initiatives and assist with our long term planning for languages support and delivery. It covers a research period from 2005 to 2009.
Author(s): AUT University
Date Published: August 2011
National Standards: School Sample Monitoring & Evaluation Project 2010
This report presents the findings of the School Sample Study: Monitoring and Evaluation Project in 2010. A variety of data sources were used, including Overall Teacher Judgments (OTJs) of students’ achievement in relation to the National Standards, copies of students’ end-of-year reports, and survey data from principals, teachers, and Board of Trustees chairpersons. The extent to which National Standards were operating as intended was described and evaluated.
Author(s): Gill Thomas and Jenny Ward
Date Published: August 2011
School Support Staff - Collectively Making Resources Count
In this project, the Support Staff Working Group’s brief was to consider what could be done, within current school management and funding arrangements, to optimise the efficiency and effectiveness of the support staff workforce in contributing to learning outcomes for students. Current policy setting with regard to the funding of support staff was
outside the terms of reference for this project.This report of the Working Group is centrally about the characteristics of support staff in New Zealand schools and about management capability and practices in schools with respect to the
employment of support staff.
Author(s): Education Workforce, Schooling
Date Published: July 2011
OECD Review on Evaluation and Assessment Frameworks for Improving School Outcomes
In 2010 New Zealand participated in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Review on Evaluation and Assessment Frameworks for Improving School Outcomes. The purpose of the review was to explore how systems of evaluation and assessment can be used to improve outcomes in primary and secondary schooling.
Author(s): Ministry of Education
Date Published: April 2011
Provision of School Support Services — an evaluation
This report presents the findings from an evaluation of the provision of School Support Services (SSS). This multi-year evaluation of the provision of SSS was initiated to inform decisions and considerations about future professional learning and development provision.
Author(s): Meenakshi Sankar & Fleur Chauvel - [MartinJenkins]
Date Published: April 2011
Final Report for the Evaluation of the Parent Mentoring Project in Manukau
Author(s): Prepared by Dr Deborah Widdowson, Assoc Prof Robyn Dixon [Centre for Child and Family Research-The University of Auckland] for the Ministry of Education
Date Published: April 2011
Centre of innovation research: An exploration of the practices and systems that foster a sense of wellbeing and belonging for young children and their families as they transition from home to a 'formal' home-based care and education
This report describes the Centre of Innovation (COI) action research project carried out by Hutt Family Day Care (HFDC) in Lower Hutt, Wellington from January 2006 to end of 2007.
Author(s): Jane Firth, Jane Couch & Liz Everiss
Date Published: December 2009
Released on Education Counts: 10 December 2010Education for Sustainability in New Zealand Schools: Summary Report
This Summary Report summarises an evaluation of three Education for Sustainability (EfS) professional development programmes being funded by the Ministry of Education: the Enviroschools Programme, the National EfS (NEfS) Team and Mātauranga Taiao. It is supported by a more extensive Overview Report (Part One in Related Pages) on the evaluation of these three initiatives and an individual report on each initiative (Parts Two-Four in Related Pages).
Author(s): Chris Eames, University of Waikato
Josie Roberts, Garrick Cooper and Rosemary Hipkins, New Zealand Council for Educational Research
Date Published: October 2010
National Standards: School Sample Monitoring and Evaluation Project
This is the first report from the National Standards School Sample Monitoring and Evaluation Project 2010-2013, a 3 year monitoring and evaluation project on National Standards implementation in a representative sample of schools.
This report covers the results from a survey of 82 principals from schools in the project’s sample, and an analysis of sample schools’ formats for reporting to parents in mid-year reports for 2010.
Author(s): Maths Technology Ltd for the Ministry of Education
Date Published: October 2010
How does New Zealand's education system compare? OECD's Education at a Glance 2010
Every year, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) publishes Education at a Glance, a set of indicators that compares the education systems of its member countries, and participating partner countries.
The report How does New Zealand's education system compare? draws on the New Zealand data in Education at a Glance 2010 and summarises the characteristics and performance of New Zealand's education system in an international context.
Author(s): David Scott, Paul Gini, Strategy and System Performance [Ministry of Education]
Date Published: September 2010
Related Link: OECD's Education at a Glance 2010Involving Children and Young People in Research in Educational Settings
This report examines theory, practice and ethical considerations when involving children and young people as participants in research and evaluation projects. As will become evident throughout the report, it is not possible to provide definitive answers to many of the questions and issues that arise in this area. We have instead attempted to ‘open up’ some of the ethical, theoretical and methodological issues. It is intended that the report will promote informed, mindful, and respectful practices that also meet national and international standards for methodological rigour.
Author(s): Edited by Judith Loveridge, Victoria University of Wellington, Jessie Hetherington Centre for Educational Research
Date Published: September 2010
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Social and economic indicators of education
This report uses data from the 2008 New Zealand General Social Survey to explore how a range of 30 social and economic indicators vary with education. It provides evidence supporting known economic benefits, and new evidence on a range of social indicators, including health and safety, voting, volunteering, social cohesion, national identity, tolerance and environmental practices.
Author(s): David Scott, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting [Ministry of Education]
Date Published: August 2010
Education Statistics of New Zealand
This is the home page for the Education Statistics of New Zealand publication series. These publications provide basic information on the education sector.
Author(s): Data Management and Analysis Division, Ministry of Education
Date Published: Annually
School Roll Summary Reports
These reports briefly summarise the results from the July school roll returns. They include statistics on the number of schools, changes in school enrolment of domestic and foreign fee-paying students, participation in Māori-medium and Pasifika-medium Education, Early Childhood attendance by Year one students, secondary school subject choices and changes in apparent retention rates in secondary schools.
Author(s): Ministry of Education
Date Published: Various
The Education of Years 7 to 10 Students: A Focus on their Teaching and Learning Needs — Summary Report
To help gain greater insights into the teaching and learning needs of students in the middle years of schooling in New Zealand the Ministry of Education designed and undertook an exploratory study in 2008. This brochure provides an outline of the study, The Education of Years 7 to 10 Students: A focus on their teaching and learning needs (Durling, Ng, and Bishop, 2010), together with a summary of key findings.Link to the full report.
Author(s): Durling, Ng, and Bishop
Date Published: 03 June 2010
Released on Education Counts: 03 June 2010The Education of Years 7 to 10 Students: A focus on their teaching and learning needs
Previous research shows that New Zealand students are generally positive about their school experiences during the middle schooling years. But at the same time, students’ perceptions of aspects of teaching and learning at school become increasingly negative during these years and there is evidence that their overall levels of engagement in learning show a decline. To help gain greater insights into the needs of students in the middle years of schooling the Ministry of Education designed and undertook an exploratory study to seek the views of principals, teachers and students regarding teaching and learning in Years 7 to 10. This research collected the views of principals, teachers and students in 185 schools throughout New Zealand on the education needs of students in Years 7 to 10 and whether those who teach this age group need specialised knowledge, skills or personal attributes.Link to the summary report.
Author(s): Durling, N., Ng, L., & Bishop, P.
Date Published: 03 June 2010
Released on Education Counts: 03 June 2010Easing the Transition from Primary to Secondary Schooling: Helpful information for schools to consider
The present report is the last in a series of three. Each report presents findings from a Ministry of Education project A Study of Students’ Transition from Primary to Secondary Schooling .
Author(s): Research Division [Ministry of Education]
Date Published: 03 June 2010
Released on Education Counts: 03 June 2010Student Engagement in the Middle Years of Schooling (Years 7-10): A Literature Review
Research undertaken in New Zealand and other countries consistently suggests that student engagement in school and learning decreases during the middle years of schooling. The aim of this literature review, which was undertaken by Evaluation Associates and Massey University on behalf of the Ministry of Education, was to explore the relationship between academic engagement and student achievement and what can be done to raise levels of engagement in New Zealand schools.
Author(s): Robyn Gibbs & Dr Jenny Poskitt [Report to the Ministry of Education]
Date Published: 03 June 2010
Released on Education Counts: 03 June 2010Evaluation of Teacher Professional Development Languages (TPDL) for teachers of languages in Years 7-10 and the Impact on Language Learning Opportunities and Outcomes for Students
This study was carried out during 2008 and aims to inform the Ministry about the TPDL and the impact on language learning opportunities and outcomes for students.
Author(s): Sharon Harvey, Clare Conway, Heather Richards & Annelies Roskvist, AUT University
Date Published: December 2009
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