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PIRLS 2021: Factors associated with teachers’ confidence to teach reading: An exploratory study
This exploratory study examines teachers’ confidence to teach reading.…
Author(s): Megan Chamberlain, with Emel Okur Berberoglu
Date Published: September 2024
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Te Ahu o te Reo Māori Evaluation
The evaluation reviewed the management and administration of the initiative, provider experiences of operations (including pinch-points and solutions), and a review of the Ngā Taumata o Te Ahu o te Reo Māori curriculum. It also examined the scale and nature…
Author(s): Ministry of Education
Date Published: September 2024
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OECD's Education at a Glance
This is the home page for OECD's Education at a Glance. Every year, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) publishes Education at a Glance (EAG), a set of indicators that compares the education systems of its member countries,…
Author(s): Various
Date Published: Annually
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Evaluation of Gifted Education Package
This report provides findings of the Gifted Education Package Evaluation. The focus of this report is to provide insights relating to four components of the Gifted Education Package that were developed in recent years. These include the Pito Mata (professional…
Author(s): Anne Dowden REWA, Tātai Angitu - Massey University, TT Consulting Tāpui Limited
Date Published: July 2024
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PISA 2022: Creative Thinking
This report covers the achievement of 15-year-old English-medium students in creative thinking. In addition to mathematics, reading and science each cycle of PISA includes an innovative domain which measures skills or knowledge considered important but that haven’t been measured before.…
Author(s): Emma Medina with introduction by Stuart McNaughton, Ministry of Education
Date Published: June 2024
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Assessing how schools are responding to the Equity Index
The Ministry of Education provides schools and kura with equity funding, in addition to their core funding, so they can work in different ways to help students with socioeconomic barriers reach their potential. Through Budget 2022, the Government has provided…
Author(s): Mohamed Alansari, Hana Turner-Adams, and Mengnan Li (NZCER)
Date Published: May 2024
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EQI Evaluation – School Practices Survey
Many school students (ākonga) face barriers to educational achievement because of their socio-economic circumstances. These ākonga may require additional learning and social support to reach their full potential. In 2023, the Equity Index replaced the Decile System as a way…
Author(s): Emanuel Kalafatelis, Dr Melissa Lotter, Katrina Magill and Annita Wood (Research NZ)
Date Published: May 2024
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Literacy evaluation reports and insights: BSLA, RR&ELS, Ready to Read Phonics Plus and accelerative structured approaches to literacy trials
The Early Literacy Approach Evaluation: A snapshot covers the early implementation period (2021-2022) of three literacy initiatives known collectively as the Early Literacy Approach: Better Start Literacy Approach professional support (BSLA), Reading Recovery & Early Literacy Support (RR&ELS), and Ready…
Author(s): Various
Date Published: April 2024
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PIRLS 2021: Do your students like to read?
This Teacher Snippet uses data from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) to outline four ways teachers are promoting positive attitudes towards reading in Year 5 students.…
Author(s): Educational Measurement and Assessment, Ministry of Education with IEA (International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement) and AIR (American Institutes for Research)
Date Published: February 2024
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Reading literacy: middle primary
In 2020, 71 percent of ākonga Year 5 in New Zealand demonstrated they had reasonably sound reading comprehension appropriate for their schooling level.…
Author(s): Educational Measurement and Assessment, Ministry of Education
Date Published: February 2024
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PISA 2022: Aotearoa New Zealand Summary Report
This report covers the achievement of 15-year-old English-medium students in mathematics, reading and science. Each cycle of PISA focuses on one of these key subject areas assessed. In PISA 2022, the focus was on mathematics. The report covers Aotearoa New…
Author(s): Steve May and Emma Medina, Ministry of Education
Date Published: December 2023
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PISA 2022: Mathematics achievement and experiences of 15-year-olds
This report covers the mathematics achievement of 15-year-old students in Aotearoa New Zealand English-Medium schools in 2022, as well as the learning experiences of those students. Each cycle of PISA focuses on one learning area and in PISA 2022 the…
Author(s): Emma Medina, Ministry of Education
Date Published: December 2023
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PISA 2022: Pacific Learners Summary
This report covers the achievement of 15-year-old Pacific learners in English-medium schools in mathematics, reading and science literacy. In addition to achievement, the report uses other PISA indicators of value to illustrate a wider view of how Pacific students are…
Author(s): Cyrus Ranson, Ministry of Education
Date Published: December 2023
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PISA 2022: Ākonga Māori Summary
This report covers the achievement of 15-year-old ākonga Māori in English-medium schools in mathematics, reading and science literacy. In addition to achievement, the report uses other PISA indicators of value to Māori to pull together a wider view of how…
Author(s): Cyrus Ranson, Ministry of Education
Date Published: December 2023
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PISA 2022: Aotearoa New Zealand Non-Response Bias Analysis
PISA 2022 was conducted during challenging times (Term 3 of 2022), and Aotearoa New Zealand was unable to meet the very strict international participation standards of 85% of schools and 80% of students taking part. To determine how well the…
Author(s): Steve May, Emma Medina, Cyrus Ranson, Debbie Fogell, Ministry of Education
Date Published: October 2023
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Purposes for and processes of reading: New Zealand’s participation in PIRLS 2021
New Zealand took part in the fifth cycle of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study, ‘PIRLS 2021’ in Term 4, 2020. PIRLS provides information on Year 5 students’ reading literacy/comprehension every five years.…
Author(s): Hannah Bennett and Megan Chamberlain [Educational Measurement and Assessment, Ministry of Education]
Date Published: October 2023
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Understanding student wellbeing in the educational setting
The Student Wellbeing Measures project is a Ministry initiative designed to directly support the wellbeing of our Years 7-13+ ākonga in their education settings.…
Author(s): Ministry of Education
Date Published: October 2023
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The wider Senior Secondary Vocational Education and Training System and ‘Vocational Entrance’ Award
Targeted engagement on the senior secondary Vocational Education and Training system and a ‘Vocational Entrance’ Award.…
Author(s): Ministry of Education
Date Published: June 2023
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Reading literacy at Year 5: New Zealand’s participation in PIRLS 2021
New Zealand took part in the fifth cycle of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study, ‘PIRLS 2021’ in Term 4, 2020. PIRLS provides information on Year 5 students’ reading literacy/comprehension every five years.…
Author(s): Megan Chamberlain and Jessica Forkert [Educational Measurement and Assessment, Ministry of Education]
Date Published: May 2023
Date Updated: February 2025
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Creatives in Schools Programme
This is the home page for the Creatives in Schools programme. The Creatives in Schools programme funded schools and kura to partner with professional artists and creative practitioners to share specialist artistic knowledge and creative practice with ākonga and students.…
Author(s): J Oakden & K Spee, Pragmatica Limited
Date Published: Various
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