Outcome theory and education - The Dominion Post

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The Dominion Post
By Paul Duignan
What's this got to do with national standards in education? Many words have been spilled on the politics of national standards - supporting or rejecting them. It's complex and I don't want to take a position on the overall merit or otherwise of having ...

Overseas experts criticise education policies - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
The specialists, from Australia and Finland, say they agree with the union that policies on national standards, charter schools and league tables do not work. The OECD ranks Finland in the top four developed nations for education performance along with ...

Tapu Misa: Still searching for right way to help poor kids - New Zealand Herald

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URL: Tapu Misa: Still searching for right way to help poor kids New Zealand Herald How will National Standards help us close the achievement gap, and drive that "outbreak of student achievement" that Education Minister Hekia Parata seems to think will spontaneously occur now that the unmoderated non-standard "standards" have seen ...

New Zealand education policies criticised at conference - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
International experts have criticised the New Zealand Government's education policy at the Educational Institute's annual conference in Rotorua. The specialists, from Australia and Finland, and members of the primary school union say policies on ...

National standards 'has no moderation built in' - Gisborne Herald

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Gisborne Herald
NATIONAL standards did not have moderation procedures built in to ensure schools were all measuring achievement at the same level, Gisborne principals say. Mr Ferris, who is also Ilminster Intermediate's principal, said national standards data on the ...

Parents can now compare schools (+local data) - The Bay of Plenty Times

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The Bay of Plenty Times
The Ministry of Education yesterday released National Standards data for more than 2000 schools, including almost 50 Western Bay of Plenty schools, on its Education Counts website. Despite the data being described by Prime Minister John Key as "ropey", ...

standards data has its uses - The Dominion Post

The Dominion Post

URL: standards data has its uses The Dominion Post There were suggestions that the data could be quarantined at an organisation like the New Zealand Council for Educational Research. Some suggested a change to the Official Information Act specifying special protection of national standards data.

Switched-on texts and media are finalists in CLNZ Awards ...

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Two new categories expand CLNZ's Educational Publishing Awards this year: Best Book or Series in Te Reo Māori and Best Educational Resource or Programme for Export. The judges were impressed by the range of books submitted across ... Science for the New Zealand Curriculum Year 11 – NCEA Level 1 (Cambridge University Press; Donald Reid, Geoffrey Groves, Colin Price and Ian Tennant). Shaping the Shamrock: Conflict and Identity in Ireland for NCEA ...

Home Based Early Childhood Education Association - Statement

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The New Zealand Home Based Early Childhood Education Association has welcomed the announcement by Education Minister Hekia Parata to carry out a review of early childhood education.

Schools keep poor students out with zoning - Whale Oil Beef Hooked

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Schools keep poor students out with zoning. by Whaleoil on October 1, 2012. One of the objections to Charter Schools put forward by the various teacher unions is that the schools will cherry pick students. As is often the case with finger ...

Are NZ Degrees Worthless? Not Unless You're Statistically - ED

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Countries with a high proportion of type B might show as lower returns to tertiary, even though both returns for B and A might be higher. For New Zealand, this has an effect given out (sic) large vocational sector – although it is ...

Pupils comment on Feilding's future | Stuff.co.nz

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Feilding's young people have grabbed the chance to have their say on the place they call home.