Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Education System World Class For Some, But Not Yet For All | ACT ...

URL: Education System World Class For Some, But Not Yet For All | ACT ...
“While our overall performance outcomes are high, there remains plenty of room to improve when it comes to raising achievement outcomes for Maori and Pasifika students,” Mr Banks said. “The Teachers' Unions have made much of the fact that the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) placed New Zealand fourth in the world for 15 year old reading. “However, Statistics New Zealand dissected those results and found that if New Zealand Asian, ...