Mathematics and Statistics Publications
Mathematics and statistics is one of the eight learning areas in the New Zealand Curriculum. The NMSSA assesses all learning areas over a five year cycle.
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Mathematics / Pāngarau achievement: primary schooling
Results from 2018 show that 81% of Year 4 learners were ‘at’ or ‘above’ their expected curriculum level in mathematics.…
Author(s): Ministry of Education
Date Published: September 2021
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Mathematics / Pāngarau achievement: middle schooling
Results from 2018 show that 45% of Year 8 learners were ‘at’ or ‘above’ their expected curriculum level in mathematics.…
Author(s): Ministry of Education
Date Published: September 2021
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NMSSA 2018 Insights for Teachers: Maths and Statistics
This report is designed to support the teaching of mathematics and statistics in primary and intermediate classrooms. It draws on insights generated from the assessment of the mathematics and statistics learning area carried out by the National Monitoring Study of…
Author(s): Educational Assessment Research Unit, University of Otago and New Zealand Council for Educational Research.
Date Published: February 2020
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NMSSA 2018: Mathematics and Statistics
This report is designed to provide a succinct overview of key findings from the 2018 mathematics study. It is supplemented by a report focused on curriculum insights for teachers, a technical report and an online interactive statistical application. All reports
Author(s): Educational Assessment Research Unit, University of Otago and New Zealand Council for Educational Research for the Ministry of Education.
Date Published: December 2019
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NMSSA 2018: Technical Information
In 2018 the National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA) study focused on the learning areas of mathematics and statistics and social studies. This report provides technical information for mathematics and statistics and social studies.…
Author(s): Educational Assessment Research Unit, University of Otago and New Zealand Council for Educational Research.
Date Published: December 2019
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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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