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 ...

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 ...

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 notion of children's working theories is an overarching outcome of Te Whāriki, Aotearoa New Zealand's early childhood curriculum. Growing research examines children’s working theories and teacher ...

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.

What happens when people become critically aware of our local Māori and colonial histories? How does this awareness impact on our own sense of self, and connection to place? How might this awareness ...

The Wellbeing@School toolkit is an incredibly useful resource for schools considering their attendance, students’ sense of belonging or safety, or the wider systems and processes in a school that ...

The national curriculum has been in a substantial period of transition since the 2019 Uiuinga ā-motu, National Survey of Schools. These transitions, which were still in progress at the time of the ...

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 ...

We have been receiving a number of questions this past week regarding the future of the Progressive Achievement Tests (PATs), so I'd like to take a moment to clarify our position. NZCER is the ...