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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In our report He reo ka tipu i ngā kura – Growing te reo Māori in schools, we spoke with 40 Māori and non-Māori pou reo from 10 English-medium schools who were actively supporting reo Māori teaching ...

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 ...

Lifting student attendance, as well as understanding the drivers for non-attendance through data, are government priorities for improving student achievement. In April 2024, a new attendance action ...

We are planning some updates to our PAT Listening Comprehension content for 2026. As part of this refresh, Tests 6 and 8 will no longer be offered in either online or paper format. This decision ...

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.