Ambitious mathematics teaching involves skilled ways of eliciting and responding to each and every student in the class so that they learn worthwhile mathematics and come to view themselves as ...

Currently PAT Tuhituhi is an online-only assessment. Students must write and submit their response online. Part of our next ...

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Children’s inquiry is a pedagogical approach that positions young learners as active investigators who co-construct ...

This article considers the potential of the recently “refreshed” Aotearoa New Zealand early childhood curriculum Te Whāriki, focusing on how the document responds to three serious concerns: the ...

All workers in New Zealand can expect to have their rights to health implemented in their workplaces. For early childhood teachers, health risks extend to the children they care for, as well as their ...

With the introduction of PAT Tuhituhi | PAT Writing, NZCER is now offering a pair of introductory webinars for this new auto-marked, online assessment tool. These will be brief half-hour sessions with ...

NZCER is excited to announce that PAT Tuhituhi, the newest addition to our Progressive Achievement Tests (PATs), is now live for schools to use. PAT Tuhituhi is an online, standardised writing ...

The latest report from New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) provides a fresh perspective of literacy in early childhood, suggesting a wider, more inclusive view of the subject.

From sandbagging and school closures to blown-off roofing, more frequent extreme weather is impacting schools, families, and communities across Aotearoa. For the first time in 2024, we asked about ...

As of June 1, NZCER is using updated national reference information to report stanines and generate boxplots for PAT Pānui | Reading Comprehension results. This will include updated data from Term 1, ...

Schools were at varying stages with implementing Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories curriculum The Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories curriculum was not available when we last surveyed primary schools in ...