Curriculum Insights and Progress Study: Summary of the 2024 learning area assessments: Mathematics and Science Publications
Publication Details
This document provides a summary of the 2024 mathematics and statistics, and science learning area assessments for the Curriculum Insights and Progress Study (Curriculum Insights). It supplements the information available in two summary dashboard reports and an interactive data window.
Author(s): The Educational Assessment Research Unit (EARU) at the University of Otago, and the New Zealand Council for Educational research (NZCER). Report for the Ministry of Education.
Date Published: May 2026
Curriculum context
The Mathematics and statistics and Science learning area assessments were administered in Term 3 of 2024. The mathematics and statistics assessments were informed by the 2024 refreshed New Zealand Curriculum.
In 2024, the New Zealand Curriculum (2007) remained in place for science. As such, it provided the basis for the Curriculum Insights science learning area study.
About the report
The document is structured in three parts:
- Part 1: A brief overview of Curriculum Insights.
- Part 2: A summary of the 2024 mathematics and statistics learning area results.
- Part 3: A summary of the 2024 science learning area results.
Explore the data window with detailed results by year level.
More information is available on the website of the Curriculum Insights and Progress Study.
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