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 ...

With assessment high on the agenda for many schools, we have seen a strong takeup of the Progressive Achievement Tests (PATs) so far this term. But how can you make sure you're getting the most out of ...

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 following is from our Term 1, 2026 Assessment News pānui. If you'd like to receive this pānui as it is released, you can sign up here. Welcome back to another school year! We imagine there’s ...

A quick thought experiment – imagine asking students to solve the problem ½ + ¼. How do they respond? How do they get to those responses? To many, this will look like a simple problem using familiar ...

Update, 4 March 2026: This update has taken place and changes have been applied to PAT Pānui scale scores. You can find an updated summary of average scores and progress here. NZCER has updated the ...

Indigenous evaluators, and evaluators who position themselves in the transformative paradigm, share a common interest in positive transformation for those who experience discrimination and oppression.

Update, December 18 2025: The recording of our webinar is now available to watch here. Following our recent webinar with Brent Duckor and Carrie Holmberg on AI in USA primary schools, we invite you to ...

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 ...