English Publications
English is one of the eight learning areas in the New Zealand Curriculum. The NMSSA assessed all learning areas over a five year cycle.
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NMSSA 2019 English: Multimodal texts and critical literacy
This report is designed to support the teaching of English in primary and intermediate classrooms. It draws on insights generated from the assessment of the English learning area by the National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA) in 2019. The…
Author(s): Educational Assessment Research Unit and New Zealand Council for Educational Research.
Date Published: June 2021
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NMSSA English 2019: Writing for an audience
This report is designed to support the teaching of English in primary and intermediate classrooms. It draws on insights generated from the assessment of the English learning area by the National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA) in 2019. The…
Author(s): Educational Assessment Research Unit and New Zealand Council for Educational Research.
Date Published: June 2021
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NMSSA 2019 English: Creating Meaning
This report is designed to support the teaching of English in primary and intermediate classrooms. It draws on insights generated from the assessment of the English learning area carried out by the National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA) in…
Author(s): Educational Assessment Research Unit and New Zealand Council for Educational Research.
Date Published: March 2021
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NMSSA 2019 English: Making meaning
This report is designed to support the teaching of English in primary and intermediate classrooms. It draws on insights generated from the assessment of the English learning area by the National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA) in 2019. The…
Author(s): Educational Assessment Research Unit and New Zealand Council for Educational Research.
Date Published: March 2021
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NMSSA 2019 English: Key Findings
In 2019, NMSSA assessed achievement in the English learning area using a nationally representative sample of about 2,000 students at each of Year 4 and Year 8. In the first stage of a two-stage sampling design, a stratified random sampling…
Author(s): Educational Assessment Research Unit and New Zealand Council for Educational Research.
Date Published: November 2020
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NMSSA 2019: Technical Information
A two-stage sampling design was used to select nationally representative samples of students at Year 4 and at Year 8. The first stage involved sampling schools; the second stage involved sampling students within schools. A stratified random sampling approach was…
Author(s): Educational Assessment Research Unit and New Zealand Council for Educational Research.
Date Published: November 2020
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NMSSA 2015 English: Listening - Key Findings
In 2015, the National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA) assessed student achievement at Year 4 and Year 8 in three areas of the New Zealand Curriculum (NZC) – English: listening, English: viewing and the arts. This report provides key…
Author(s): Educational Assessment Research Unit and New Zealand Council for Educational Research.
Date Published: March 2017
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NMSSA 2015 English: Viewing - Key Findings
In 2015, the National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA) assessed student achievement at Year 4 and Year 8 in three areas of the New Zealand Curriculum (NZC) – English: listening; English: viewing and the arts. This report provides key…
Author(s): Educational Assessment Research Unit and New Zealand Council for Educational Research.
Date Published: March 2017
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NMSSA 2015: Technical Information
In 2015, The National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA) assessed student achievement at Year 4 and Year 8 in three areas of the New Zealand Curriculum (NZC) – English: listening, English: viewing and the arts. This report provides technical…
Author(s): Educational Assessment Research Unit and New Zealand Council for Educational Research.
Date Published: March 2017
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English: Reading 2014 Overview
In 2014 the National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA) assessed student achievement at Year 4 and Year 8 in two areas of The New Zealand Curriculum (NZC) – English: reading and social studies. This report presents an overview of…
Author(s): Education Assessment Research Unit and New Zealand Council for Educational Research.
Date Published: July 2016
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English: Reading 2014 Contextual Report
In 2014, the National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA) assessed student achievement at Year 4 and Year 8 in two areas of the New Zealand Curriculum (NZC) – English: reading and social studies. This report examines a selection of…
Author(s): Educational Assessment Research Unit and New Zealand Council for Educational Research.
Date Published: July 2016
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NMSSA 2014: Māori Student Achievement in English: Reading
In 2014, the National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA) assessed student achievement at Year 4 and Year 8 in two areas of the New Zealand Curriculum (NZC) – English: reading and social studies. This brief report presents the results…
Author(s): Educational Assessment Research Unit and New Zealand Council for Educational Research.
Date Published: July 2016
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Pasifika Student Achievement in English: Reading
In 2014, the National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA) assessed student achievement at Year 4 and Year 8 in two areas of the New Zealand Curriculum (NZC) – English: reading and social studies. This brief report presents the results…
Author(s): Educational Assessment Research Unit and New Zealand Council for Educational Research.
Date Published: July 2016
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NMSSA 2014: Achievement of Students with Special Education Needs in English: Reading
In 2014, the National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA) assessed student achievement at Year 4 and Year 8 in two areas of the New Zealand Curriculum (NZC) – English: reading and social studies. This brief report presents the results…
Author(s): Education Assessment Research Unit and New Zealand Council for Educational Research.
Date Published: July 2016
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Technical Information 2014: Social Studies and English: Reading
In 2014, the National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA) assessed student achievement at Year 4 and Year 8 in two areas of the New Zealand Curriculum (NZC) – English: reading and social studies. This report provides technical information for…
Author(s): Educational Assessment Research Unit and New Zealand Council for Educational Research. Report for the Ministry of Education.
Date Published: July 2016
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NMSSA 2012: English: Writing
The first NMSSA assessments were undertaken in writing and science in 2012. This report presents the findings on the achievement and attitudes of year 4 and year 8 students in English: Writing and the factors associated with that achievement.The report…
Author(s): Educational Assessment Research Unit and New Zealand Council for Educational Research.
Date Published: November 2013
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