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.
