Julie Roberts and Cathie Johnson are NZCER's Education Advisors, who meet with schools every day to support them with their ...

This is our guide for PAT Tuhituhi | PAT Writing. You can find our guides for PAT Pānui | PAT Reading Comprehension and PAT Pāngarau | PAT Mathematics here. Schools should make autonomous decisions ...

Update, March 2026: This article has been updated to include our latest twice-yearly assessment information, including guidance for PAT Tuhituhi | PAT Writing. Twice-yearly assessment will be a ...

Poipoia ngā tamariki: How whānau and teachers support tamariki Māori to be successful in learning and education is the third COMPASS report from the collaboration between NZCER and Professor Melinda ...

The enactment of everyday democratic practice in early childhood settings supports children to practise being active agents in their own lives. Through learning to take action on matters of importance ...

Statistical investigations | Te tūhuratanga tauanga: Understanding progressions in The New Zealand Curriculum and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa ...

A number of converging issues provided the impetus for 12 schools in the Western Bay of Plenty to form a support network to explore and develop play-based learning for the first years of school. This ...

Supporting vulnerable students, having too much asked of their school and recruiting quality teachers are among the biggest issues facing secondary schools in Aotearoa, new NZCER research has found.

The incoming NCEA co-requisite could do more harm than good in its current form. From 2024 students must achieve a co-requisite in literacy and numeracy|te reo matatini me te pāngarau to be awarded an ...

Being local, learning from children, bicultural aspirations, partnerships and creativity are highlighted as strengths of Aotearoa New Zealand’s education sector in a new book from Professor Stuart ...

With changes underway for School Board priorities and requirements, we thought it might be useful to revisit one of our research reports from earlier in the year, School Board leadership—Key issues ...

We framed our session as an opportunity to explore climate transitions. One of the challenges of climate change is that it can feel big, scary, overwhelming, and outside of our control. Talking about ...