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School support staff: Collectively making resources count
In this project, the Support Staff Working Group’s brief was to consider what could be done, within current school management and funding arrangements, to optimise the efficiency and effectiveness of the support staff workforce in contributing to learning outcomes for…
Author(s): Education Workforce, Schooling
Date Published: July 2011
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PISA 2009: Digital readers at age 15 - Results from the PISA 2009 Electronic Reading Assessment
The Electronic Reading Assessment is a new and innovative component of PISA that acknowledges the increasing relevance of electronic text and recognises its importance as a feature of reading. Those students who took part in the Electronic Reading Assessment (ERA)…
Author(s): Sarah Kirkham, Comparative Education Research Unit, Ministry of Education
Date Published: June 2011
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An evaluation of Network Learning Communities: Main Report
This report presents findings from a study evaluating the Network Learning Communities initiative in 2010.…
Author(s): Lorrae Ward and Adelle Henderson, CYPERUS with Quigley and Watts. Report prepared for the Ministry of Education.
Date Published: May 2011
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An evaluation of Network Learning Communities: Summary Report
This is the short summary report from a study evaluating the Network Learning Communities initiative in 2010.…
Author(s): Lorrae Ward, CYPERUS. Report prepared for the Ministry of Education.
Date Published: May 2011
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An evaluation of Network Learning Communities: Technical Report
This is the technical report from a study evaluating the Network Learning Communities initiative in 2010. It contains detailed analyses of two surveys and presented 10 case study summaries.…
Author(s): Lorrae Ward (Phd) and Adelle Henderson, CYPERUS with Quigley and Watts. Report prepared for the Ministry of Education.
Date Published: May 2011
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Curriculum implementation exploratory studies 2
This is the final report from the Curriculum Implementation Exploratory Studies (CIES) project. It reports on ways in which innovative schools and teachers have been working to implement The New Zealand Curriculum across all three years of the project.…
Author(s): Rosemary Hipkins, Bronwen Cowie, Sally Boyd, Paul Keown, and Clive McGee, University of Waikato. Report prepared for the Ministry of Education.
Date Published: May 2011
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Provision of school support services: An evaluation
This report presents the findings from an evaluation of the provision of School Support Services (SSS). This multi-year evaluation of the provision of SSS was initiated to inform decisions and considerations about future professional learning and development provision.…
Author(s): Meenakshi Sankar & Fleur Chauvel, MartinJenkins. Report prepared for the Ministry of Education.
Date Published: April 2011
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Final report for the evaluation of the Parent Mentoring Project in Manukau
This report presents the findings from an outcome evaluation of the Parent Mentoring Project in Manukau initiated in 2007. It is submitted by Auckland UniServices Limited on behalf of the researchers, Dr. Deborah Widdowson and Assoc. Prof. Robyn Dixon, at…
Author(s): Prepared by Dr Deborah Widdowson, Assoc Prof Robyn Dixon [Centre for Child and Family Research-The University of Auckland] for the Ministry of Education
Date Published: April 2011
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Implementation of the New Zealand curriculum: Synthesis of research and evaluation
The revised New Zealand Curriculum was launched in November 2007, with schools required to give full effect to the curriculum by February 2010. Progress towards this has been monitored using evidence reported by the Education Review Office and research teams…
Author(s): Dr Sandie Schagen. Ministry of Education.
Date Published: March 2011
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Monitoring and evaluating curriculum implementation: Final evaluation report on the implementation of the NZ Curriculum 2008-09
This report presents findings from a national evaluation of the implementation of The New Zealand Curriculum. The project sought to establish a national picture of implementation progress in English-medium schools in the first two years following the curriculum's launch in…
Author(s): Dr Claire Sinnema, The University of Auckland. Report prepared for the Ministry of Education.
Date Published: March 2011
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PISA 2009: Our 21st century learners at age 15
This report provides a high level picture of New Zealand’s 15-year-old performance in reading literacy (main focus), mathematical literacy and scientific literacy. It compares New Zealand’s results with other top- and high-performing countries. In July and August 2009 4,643 New…
Author(s): Maree Telford with Steve May, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: December 2010
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What do New Zealand students understand about civic knowledge and citizenship?
This is the first of a series of publications based on the results of the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS). This report focuses on New Zealand Year 9 students' achievement in civic knowledge in comparison with their peers…
Author(s): Kate Lang, Research, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: November 2010
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Education for sustainability in New Zealand schools: Summary Report
This Summary Report summarises an evaluation of three Education for Sustainability (EfS) professional development programmes being funded by the Ministry of Education: the Enviroschools Programme, the National EfS (NEfS) Team and Mātauranga Taiao. It is supported by a more extensive…
Author(s): Chris Eames, University of Waikato. Josie Roberts, Garrick Cooper and Rosemary Hipkins, New Zealand Council for Educational Research
Date Published: October 2010
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National Standards: School Sample Monitoring and Evaluation Project
This is the first report from the National Standards School Sample Monitoring and Evaluation Project 2010-2013, a three year project on National Standards implementation in a representative sample of schools. This report presents results from a mid-2010 survey of 82…
Author(s): Maths Technology Limited. Report for the Ministry of Education.
Date Published: October 2010
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Involving children and young people in research in educational settings
This report examines theory, practice and ethical considerations when involving children and young people as participants in research and evaluation projects. As will become evident throughout the report, it is not possible to provide definitive answers to many of the…
Author(s): Edited by Judith Loveridge, Victoria University of Wellington, Jessie Hetherington Centre for Educational Research
Date Published: September 2010
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NEMP (National Education Monitoring Project)
Project aimed 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…
Author(s): Otago University
Date Published: Various
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Teu Le Va: Relationships across research and policy in Pasifika education
Teu le va is a tool primarily for educational researchers, to help them plan and implement research that contributes to the development of effective policy and practice in respect of Pasifika students in our schools. Teu le va emphasises a…
Author(s): Airini, Melani Anae and Karlo Mila-Schaaf with Eve Coxon, Diane Mara & Kabini Sanga
Date Published: July 2010
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Laptops for Teachers: An evaluation of the TELA scheme in schools (Years 1 to 3)
The purpose of this evaluation was to investigate the impacts of the Laptops for Teachers Scheme (TELA) on Years 1 to 3 teachers’ work in the Waikato region.…
Author(s): Bronwen Cowie, Alister Jones and Ann Harlow, with Mike Forret, University of Waikato.
Date Published: July 2010
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e-learning and implications for New Zealand schools: A literature review
This e-Learning literature review examined texts across a range of countries, but within a relatively short time frame of the preceding five years. A range of criteria were used to select or eliminate studies for closer review (see Methodology and…
Author(s): Noeline Wright, Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, School of Education, The University of Waikato. Report prepared for the Ministry of Education.
Date Published: July 2010
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Literacy teaching and learning in e-learning contexts
This report presents the findings of a research project on literacy teaching and learning in e-Learning contexts carried out by CORE Education and the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) for the Ministry of Education in 2009.…
Author(s): Sue McDowall for CORE Education and New Zealand Council for Educational Research. Report prepared for the Ministry of Education.
Date Published: June 2010
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