Publication Series

Māori in tertiary education - fact sheets

A series of fact sheets that presents information on Māori tertiary education students: their participation by qualification level, their qualification completions, their field of study and student allowances and loans – as well as participation in industry training by Māori employees.

These series of short fact sheets have been jointly developed by teams from the Ministry of Education – Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Māori Tertiary Education – and the Tertiary Education Commission. These fact sheets provide easy access to key information on Māori in tertiary education and analysis of trends for Māori by selected tertiary education topics.

You can also find information on Māori students in the annual reports Profile & Trends: New Zealand’s Tertiary Education Sector and the tertiary education statistical tables, also available on this site.

Pasifika in tertiary education

This is the home page of two annual factsheets – one on Pasifika peoples in tertiary education and the other one on Pasifika tertiary education students by ethnicity.

The information includes where Pasifika tertiary education students study, their qualification levels, qualification completions, field of study and information on Pasifika student allowances recipients and student loan borrowers. Also included is Pacific employees’ participation in industry training. You can find more information on Pasifika students in the annual reports Profile & Trends: New Zealand’s Tertiary Education Sector and the tertiary education statistical tables, also available on this site.

Student Loan Scheme Annual Reports

This is the home page for the Student Loan Scheme Annual Report publication series. The Student Loan Scheme Annual Report has been tabled in Parliament each year since 2001 and provides public accountability information to government and New Zealanders to show that the scheme is achieving its primary objective – ensuring that tertiary education is financially attainable to all New Zealanders.

Each report provides information on the loan scheme and its performance, as well as statistics on those borrowing under the scheme and their repayment behaviour. In addition, each report contains financial schedules for the most recent fiscal year.

See below for a general description of the publication or follow one of the links to view the publication for that year.

NEMP (National Education Monitoring Project)

This project aims to obtain a broad picture of the achievement and other educational outcomes of representative samples of students in New Zealand schools at Years 4 and 8. Each year, over a four-year period, different areas related to the curriculum are assessed.

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.

Profile & Trends: New Zealand's Tertiary Education Sector

Profile & Trends is a primary information resource on New Zealand’s tertiary education system covering participation, achievement, resourcing, capability, research and much more.

In addition to the analysis of sector trends and performance, the report contains a number of short articles on topics of interest to the sector’s stakeholders and those who are involved in the provision of tertiary education.

Ngā Haeata Mātauranga - Annual Report on Maori Education

This is the home page for the Ngā Haeata Mātauranga - Annual Report on Māori Education publication series. See below for a general description of the publication or follow one of the links to view the publication for that year.

Attendance and Absence in New Zealand Schools

This is the home page for the Attendance and Absence in New Zealand Schools publication series. These reports document the surveys of state and state integrated schools designed to capture student attendance and absence over one week.

Pasifika Education Plan: Monitoring Report

This is the home page for the Pasifika Education Plan: Monitoring Report publication series.

The Pasifika Education Plan provides the Ministry of Education with strategic direction for improving education outcomes for Pasifika peoples in New Zealand. This monitoring report assesses performance against the plan.

PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment)

The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an international study that is administered on a three-yearly basis. The study assesses how well 15 year-old are prepared to meet the challenges of today’s society. PISA assesses three key areas of knowledge and skills: reading literacy, mathematical literacy and scientific literacy, and has a focus on one these learning areas in each administration.

Tertiary Education Strategies - Monitoring and Evaluation

This page contains the reports on the Ministry of Education’s monitoring and evaluation of the Tertiary Education Strategies.

Monitoring Teacher Supply

This is the home page for the Monitoring Teacher Supply publication series.

Competent Children, Competent Learners

This is the home page for the Competent Children, Competent Learners publication series.

The Competent Children, Competent Learners project is a longitudinal study undertaken by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) which focuses on a group of about 500 young people from the greater Wellington region. When the project began in 1993 its aim was to provide New Zealand policy makers and the early childhood education sector with a study which could show the concurrent, short-term, and long-term impact of early childhood education experience. As the project continued, the development of students' competence in mathematics, literacy and logical problem solving, and their competence in social and communication skills, has assumed more prominence, particularly in the project's ability to relate these to the home resources and experiences that students have, to trace the impact of different factors over time, and to compare the cumulative impact of differences in home and schools resources and experiences.

Seven phases of the project have now been completed - the first when the students were near age 5, the next when they were at age 6 and then at ages 8, 10, 12,14 and 16. A further phase is currently underway collecting data from the sample of young people at age 20.

Demographics and Educational Rolls

New Zealand Schools: Ngā Kura o Aotearoa

This is the home page for the New Zealand Schools: Ngā Kura o Aotearoa publication series. See below for a general description of the publication or follow one of the links to view the publication for that year.

Teacher Loss Rates

These reports outline trends in teacher numbers, teacher loss rates and reasons for teacher losses. They are produced annually by the Demographic & Statistical Analysis Unit to assist in the Ministry's monitoring of teacher supply and give an indication of the stability of the teacher workforce and the state of labour market.

Annual Monitoring of Reading Recovery

This is the home page for the Annual Monitoring of Reading Recovery publication series.

As part of the continuing evaluation of the implementation of Reading Recovery, schools with Reading Recovery are asked to provide information for the Ministry of Education on an annual basis. This information is used to examine trends in the delivery of Reading Recovery and the progress of students, and to assist the Ministry in developing policies regarding literacy.

For data collection information, including collection forms, please go to the Reading Recovery Forms page.

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ALL (Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey)

This is the home page for the ALL Survey publications, and its predecessor IALS (International Adult Literacy Survey).

Quarterly Migration Reports

Published quarterly, this series of reports gives an update of actual external migration statistics for children based on data provided by Statistics New Zealand. The reports comment on the emerging trends in migration and the potential impact on schools.

Te Kotahitanga

This is the homepage for the Te Kotahitanga publication series. The project sought to investigate how to improve the educational achievement of Māori students in mainstream secondary school classrooms, by talking with Māori students and other participants in their education. It was from these narratives that the rest of the Te Kotahitanga project developed.

BES (Iterative Best Evidence Synthesis)

This publication home page provides access to the New Zealand Ministry of Education Best Evidence Synthesis Iterations (BES publications).

TIMSS

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

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.

Results of the School Board of Trustees Elections

These reports summarise information on the triennial boards of trustees elections, and mid-term elections. The reports focus on the election of parent representatives to school boards of trustees.

PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study)

The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) is a research project that provides information on the reading literacy of Year 5 students.

International Students Trends Reports

Reports published by the Ministry of Education on the key trends in enrolments of foreign fee paying students in New Zealand

ICCS (International Civic and Citizenship Education Study)

New Zealand was one of 38 countries which took part in ICCS in 2008. ICCS focuses on Year 9 students' knowledge and understanding of civic systems and citizenship issues, and their attitudes, values and behaviours relating to civics and citizenship. It also looks at differences among countries in relation to the outcomes of civic and citizenship education and how these differences relate to student, school and community backgrounds.

Research Record

This is where you can access information about research and evaluation work undertaken and commissioned by the Research Division of the Ministry of Education. Also available is a list of current and old publications.