School data tells us what we already know - The Press

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The Press
Maori and Pasifika students don't achieve as well as Pakeha children. Children in low-income families don't succeed as well at school as children from high-decile suburbs. And children ... At the education system level, national sampling is what the ...

Education numbers dished out - Stuff.co.nz

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National Student Numbers are for: monitoring and ensuring student attendance ensuring education providers and students receive appropriate resourcing statistical purposes research purposes ensuring students' educational records are accurately ...

New proposals morph National Standards | Mana | Movement of the ...

URL: New proposals morph National Standards | Mana | Movement of the ...
MANA educations spokesperson John Minto says it seems clear the government has serious plans to morph National Standards into National Testing after the election. He says the government has advertised a contract for an ...

Improve data, not scrap it | Kiwiblog

URL: Improve data, not scrap it | Kiwiblog
Instead they now argue that the Government shouldn't collect any national standards data because moderation and assessment is not 100% consistent. ... Considering every secondary student undertaking NCEA is largely internally assessed with significant variability between schools, you don't hear the PPTA calling for NCEA to be scrapped and no data kept on NCEA pass ... The Ministry of Education has said it will make National Standards data more reliable.

New App makes learning Maori fun - Techday NZ

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URL: New App makes learning Maori fun Techday NZ A new mobile phone game that allows users to pit their skills against others while improving their knowledge and understanding of the Maori language is set to change the way New Zealanders learn te reo Maori. Developed by Victoria University's Faculty ...