All NMSSA Publications
There are 8 learning areas specified in the New Zealand Curriculum: The Arts, Health and Physical Education, Science, English, Mathematics and Statistics, Social Sciences, Technology, and Learning Languages. The NMSSA assessed all learning areas over a five year cycle.
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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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Social Studies: 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 is an overview of…
Author(s): Educational Assessment Research Unit and New Zealand Council for Educational Research.
Date Published: July 2016
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Social Studies 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 range of…
Author(s): Educational Assessment Research Unit and New Zealand Council for Educational Research.
Date Published: July 2016
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Māori Student Achievement in Social Studies
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 Social Studies
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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Achievement of Students with Special Education Needs in Social Studies
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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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 2013: Health and Physical Education
In 2013 the National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA) assessed student achievement in two learning areas of the NZC – health and physical education, and mathematics and statistics. This report focuses on health and physical education. Physical Education is…
Author(s): Education Assessment Research Unit and New Zealand Council for Educational Research.
Date Published: May 2015
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Wānangatia te Putanga Tauira | National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement: Mathematics and Statistics 2013
In 2013, the dual focus for the National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA) was mathematics and statistics, and health and physical education. A nationally representative sample of approximately 2000 students at Year 4 and Year 8 took group-administered paper-and-pencil…
Author(s): Education Assessment Research Unit and New Zealand Council for Educational Research.
Date Published: May 2015
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NMSSA 2012: Science
The first NMSSA assessments were undertaken in science and writing in 2012. This report presents the findings about the achievement and attitudes of year 4 and year 8 students in science and factors that are associated with that achievement. The…
Author(s): Educational Assessment Research Unit and New Zealand Council for Educational Research.
Date Published: November 2013
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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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