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NMSSA | Wānangatia te Putanga Tauria
This is the home page of NMSSA (the National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement). NMSSA was an annual programme to assess and understand student achievement across the curriculum in years 4 and 8 in English-medium schools. The study built on…
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Curriculum Insights and Progress Study
The Curriculum Insights and Progress study was established in 2023 to monitor Year 3, 6 and 8 student achievement and progress in the refreshed New Zealand Curriculum and develop insights that can be used to enable and support system improvement.…
Author(s): The Educational Assessment Research Unit (EARU) at the University of Otago, and the New Zealand Council for Educational research (NZCER). Report for the Ministry of Education.
Date Published: Various
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Phonics Checks and Hihira Weteoro
Phonics Checks (New Zealand Curriculum) and Hihira Weteoro (Te Marautanga o Aotearoa) were introduced in 2025 as curriculum-aligned assessments that support consistent early identification of students needing extra support with phonemic awareness, phonics knowledge and decoding in their first years…
Author(s): Ministry of Education
Date Published: Annually
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TALIS 2024: TALIS findings for New Zealand
This report describes the initial findings for New Zealand from the OECD’s Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS 2024).…
Author(s): Rachel Borthwick, Ministry of Education
Date Published: October 2025
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Ngā Haeata o Aotearoa: Assessing Māori Education
Ka Hikitia (the Māori Education Strategy) sets out how we will work with education services to achieve system shifts in education and support Māori learners and their whānau, hapū and iwi to achieve excellent and equitable outcomes; and provides an…
Author(s): Ministry of Education.
Date Published: Various
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TIMSS 2023: Improving Year 5 mathematics
The analysis presented in this paper supplements other evidence of how New Zealand Year 5 students performed in the TIMSS mathematics assessment. It gives examples of strong performance, examples of improving performance and examples of areas that need more focus.…
Author(s): Robyn Caygill, Kylie Begg and Evan Sutherland, Ministry of Education
Date Published: September 2025
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TIMSS 2023: Improving Year 5 science
The analysis presented in this paper supplements other evidence of how New Zealand Year 5 students performed in the TIMSS science assessment. It gives examples of strong performance, examples of improving performance and examples of areas that need more focus.…
Author(s): Robyn Caygill and Evan Sutherland, Ministry of Education
Date Published: September 2025
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TIMSS 2023: Improving Year 9 mathematics
The analysis presented in this paper supplements other evidence of how New Zealand Year 9 students performed in the TIMSS mathematics assessment. It gives examples of strong performance, examples of improving performance and examples of areas that need more focus.…
Author(s): Robyn Caygill and Kylie Begg, Ministry of Education
Date Published: September 2025
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TIMSS 2023: Improving Year 9 science
The analysis presented in this paper supplements other evidence of how New Zealand Year 9 students performed in the TIMSS science assessment. It gives examples of strong performance, examples of improving performance and examples of areas that need more focus.…
Author(s): Robyn Caygill and Evan Sutherland, Ministry of Education
Date Published: September 2025
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Evaluation of the Regional Response Fund (RRF)
This report details the key findings of the Ministry of Education’s evaluation of the Regional Response Fund (RRF), including an assessment of implementation processes and overall performance against intended outcomes. The report identifies opportunities for strengthening effectiveness. Both the full…
Author(s): Evaluation and Research team, Data and Insights, Ministry of Education
Date Published: June 2025
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A rapid review of grouping practices for equitable outcomes
This report was originally intended to support the development of the Common Practice Model (CPM) for literacy & communication and maths situated within implementation of Te Mātaiaho | the refreshed NZ curriculum. This report is useful to inform advice and…
Author(s): Dr Pam O’Connell, Prof Christine Rubie-Davies, Sue Bridges, Dalene Mactier (Tātai Aho Rau | CORE Education)
Date Published: April 2025
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Student, whānau and parent insights for the Literacy & Communication and Maths Strategy
This research report focuses on diverse perspectives from students, whānau and parents to understand students engagement with literacy & communication and maths subjects.…
Author(s): Annalise Myers, Nadine Metzger and Kelly Maung [Point and Associates)
Date Published: April 2025
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Accelerating Learning in Oral Language, Reading, Writing and Mathematics
This report was commissioned by the Ministry of Education and led by the University of Canterbury. It provides a synthesis of empirical evidence aligned with the science of learning to identify teaching practices and interventions that accelerate learning in oral…
Author(s): Gail Gillon, John Everatt, Brigid McNeill, Sally Clendon, Mark LaVenia, Tanya Evans, Jen Smith, Megan Gath, Tufulasi Taleni (Child Well-being Research Institute, University of Canterbury)
Date Published: April 2025
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Teacher Demand and Supply Planning Projection
This is the home page for the results from the Ministry’s Teacher Demand and Supply Planning Projection. The tool is designed to estimate the number of teachers required by schools in the future, and compare this with an estimate of…
Author(s): Ministry of Education
Date Published: Various
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TIMSS 2023: Mathematics Year 5
This report describes the mathematics achievement of Year 5 students in TIMSS 2023. Trends in New Zealand’s achievement are analysed across cycles and presented in comparison with other countries. Achievement is analysed by sub-groupings such as gender and ethnicity. Characteristics…
Author(s): Robyn Caygill with Rachel Borthwick and Hannah Bennett, Educational Measurement and Assessment, Ministry of Education
Date Published: December 2024
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TIMSS 2023: Science Year 5
This report describes the science achievement of Year 5 students in TIMSS 2023. Trends in New Zealand’s achievement are analysed across cycles and presented in comparison with other countries. Achievement is analysed by sub-groupings such as gender and ethnicity. Characteristics…
Author(s): Rachel Borthwick and Robyn Caygill, Educational Measurement and Assessment, Ministry of Education
Date Published: December 2024
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TIMSS 2023: Mathematics Year 9
This report describes the mathematics achievement of Year 9 students in TIMSS 2023. Trends in New Zealand’s achievement are analysed across cycles and presented in comparison with other countries. Achievement is also analysed by gender.…
Author(s): Robyn Caygill with Rachel Borthwick, Educational Measurement and Assessment, Ministry of Education
Date Published: December 2024
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TIMSS 2023: Science Year 9
This report describes the science achievement of Year 9 students in TIMSS 2023. Trends in New Zealand’s achievement are analysed across cycles and presented in comparison with other countries. Achievement is also analysed by gender.…
Author(s): Robyn Caygill with Rachel Borthwick, Educational Measurement and Assessment, Ministry of Education
Date Published: December 2024
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The Alert Program® Pilot Evaluations
The Alert Program® was developed in the 1990s in the United States by two occupational therapists, Williams & Shellenberger. The Alert Program® fosters self-regulation through teaching children how to change how alert they feel and teaching adults how to support…
Author(s): Standard of Proof, Dr Sira Engelbertz
Date Published: December 2024 (Phase 1) and April 2023 (Phase 2)
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PIRLS 2021: Asian students in Year 5 - a diverse group
New Zealand took part in the fifth cycle of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study, ‘PIRLS 2021’ in Term 4, 2020. Because of the scale of the study, PIRLS 2021 provides a unique opportunity to look at the diversity…
Author(s): Megan Chamberlain [Educational Measurement and Assessment, Ministry of Education]
Date Published: October 2024
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