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Students Going to School in 2007

The purpose of this report is to provide an outline of actual and projected trends in student enrolments both regionally and nationally.

Author(s): Education Information and Analysis, Ministry of Education.

Date Published: February 2007

Secondary Qualifications Statistics

The annual Secondary Qualifications Statistics publications provide access to secondary school qualifications dating back to 2001.

Author(s): New Zealand Qualifications Authority

Date Published: 2007

Evaluation of the Flaxmere Project: When families learn the language of school

The Flaxmere Project is about establishing and implementing processes through which the Flaxmere schools collectively engage with the community and caregivers of childre in order to improve the current and long term education outcomes for children. (MOE, 2001)

Author(s): Janet Clinton, John Hattie and Robyn Dixon

Date Published: 2007

TIMSS

(Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) previously known as the Third International Mathematics and Science Study.

Author(s): Various

Date Published: Various

Te Reo Māori in the Mainstream Professional Development (PD) Pilot Programmes for Primary School Teachers - An Evaluation

In 2005, the Ministry of Education funded four te reo Māori professional development (PD) pilot programmes for mainstream primary school teachers. These pilot programmes were run in different areas of the country by four different providers.

Author(s): K. Murrow, K. Hammond, E. Kalafatelis, K. Fryer and H. Edwards

Date Published: January 2007

Category: English Medium

Bilingual Education in Aotearoa/New Zealand

This report highlights some of the key findings from Professor May’s literature review that relate to Māori-medium education.

Author(s): S. May, R. Hill and S.Tiakiwai

Date Published: December 2006

Category: Māori Medium

National School Roll Projections

Projections and forecasts of school rolls are used by the Ministry of Education to assess the demand for resources in the school sector. They support the forecasting of expenditure on teachers’ salaries, schools’ operations grants, and student allowances, as part of the Government’s five-year budget forecasts. The forecast rolls are snapshots; they project primary year-levels as at 1 July and secondary year-levels as at 1 March. The production of a range of projections allows for exploration of medium and long-term effects of different scenarios or assumptions, while forecasts (based on preferred projections) are a best estimate of enrolment numbers in the short term.

These reports include a breakdown of the major changes between the current forecast and the previous forecast. A brief description of the methodology used in the forecast is also provided.

Author(s): Various

Date Published: Various

Staying at School Consultation Report

The Ministry of Education commissioned a consultation exercise with principals, education sector representatives and with students who have left school before turning 16 to identify the key barriers and incentives around student retention in New Zealand.

Author(s): The Ministry of Education

Date Published: September 2006

Resource Teachers: Literacy Data Collection

This is the home page for the Resource Teachers: Literacy Data Collection publication series. See below for a general description of the publication or follow one of the links to view the publication for that year.

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Date Published:

Review of Secondary Schools' use of NCEA professional development resources 2005-2006.

The Publication "School/Cluster Based Secondary Qualifications Professional Development - Review of Secondary Schools' use of NCEA professional development resources, 2005-2006" reviews the Ministry of Education funded programme of professional development to support the implementation of Scholarship and NCEA for the period June 2005 to July 2006.

Author(s): Louise Starkey, Susan Stevens, Mike Taylor, Rawiri Toia, Anne Yates, Cedric Hall, Lynanne McKenzie and Luanna Meyer

Date Published: July 2006

The Impact of the NCEA on the Student Motivation

This research project investigated the relationship between New Zealand’s National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) and student motivation to learn.

Author(s): Luanna Meyer, John McClure, Frank Walkey, Lynanne McKenzie & Kirsty Weir

Date Published: June 2006

TIMSS 2002/03: An Overview of Some Key National Year 5 and Year 9 Student Achievement Results

This summary presents some of the main national level results from New Zealand ’s participation in the third cycle of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study in 2002-2003. As well as providing countries with a snapshot of achievement in 2002-2003, participation in this cycle allowed countries, including New Zealand , to measure trends in achievement by comparing performance in 1994-1995 and 1998-1999 with 2002-2003.

Author(s): Comparative Education Research Unit, Ministry of Education

Date Published: March 2006

Beginning Teachers 2000 - 2004

This report looks at where beginning teachers are teaching, their demographic profile, employment trends, qualifications of beginning teachers, and subjects taught by secondary beginning teachers.

Author(s): Siobhan Murray

Date Published: March 2006

Alternative Education: Literature Review and Report on Key Informants' Experiences

The overall purpose of this research was to collect a range of information about indicators of good practice and quality outcomes in alternative education programmes. The key areas the report addresses include the following: identification of the critical success factors/indicators of success in alternative education programmes; hallmarks of quality programmes and quality alternative education providers; and identification of what constitutes successful outcomes in alternative education programmes.

Author(s): Patricia O'Brien, Avril Thesing and Paul Herbert

Date Published: March 2006

Students Going to School in 2006

The purpose of this report is to provide summary statistics on teacher numbers, funding, and actual and projected enrolments numbers. A regional breakdown of the estimated number of new entrant students starting school at the beginning of the school year is also provided.

Author(s): Education Information and Analysis, Ministry of Education

Date Published: February 2006

An Evaluation of the CAS Pilot Project

This research was jointly funded by the Ministry of Education and the New Zealand Qualifications Authority. We particularly thank Geoff Gibbs and Steve Bargh for their interest, encouragement, and for including us in the professional development sessions.

Author(s): Alex Neill and Teresa Maguire

Date Published: 2006

Ngā Taumatua - Research on literacy practices and language development (Te Reo) in Years 0-1 in Māori medium classrooms

Ngā Taumatua was developed in 2002 as a 12 month professional development programme for resource teachers of Māori. A subsequent professional development programme called Ngā Taumatua Whakapakari was developed for Ngā Taumatua graduates and has been operating since 2005.

Author(s): Stuart McNaughton, Shelley MacDonald, Julia Barber, Sasha Farry and Heneira Woodard

Date Published: 2006

Category: Māori Medium

Status of Teachers Research Project 2002-2006

A joint research project was undertaken by the New Zealand Teachers Council and the Ministry of Education inquiring into the status of teachers in New Zealand and implications for recruitment, retention and professionalism of teachers.

Author(s): Various

Date Published: Various

Initial Teacher Education

This is the home page for the Initial Teacher Education publication series. See below for a general description of the publication or follow one of the links to view the publication.

Author(s): Various

Date Published: Various

Completely Different or a Bigger Version? Experiences and Effects of the Transition to Secondary School

Most of the Competent Children, Competent Learners study sample changed school when they went on to secondary level. This transition often involved some marked change in the characteristics of the school they attended—moving to a much larger school, or to a single-sex school. Friends were often lost in the process—but they were also gained. But secondary school offered students a wider range of experiences, rather than a totally new world.

Author(s): Cathy Wylie, Edith Hodgen and Hilary Ferral, New Zealand Council for Educational Research.

Date Published: 2006