Government Releases Education Report Card
Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata says releasing comprehensive data on how New Zealand children are doing at school is an important part of this Government’s approach to raising the achievement of all our kids in education. Ms Parata released the Education Report 2013 – a report card on progress in the Government priority areas in education. ...
NCEA results are out and parents nationwide are able to check and compare how secondary schools are performing. Fairfax Media, publisher of the Manawatu Standard, has been given every school's NCEA and scholarship results for 2012 by the New ...
How they rate: NCEA data online
Stuff.co.nzNCEA results are out and parents nationwide are able to check and compare how secondary schools are performing. Fairfax Media, publisher of the Manawatu Standard, has been given every school's NCEA and scholarship results for 2012 by the New ...
Some principals frustrated by 'easy' ITO credits
Stuff.co.nzOver the past three years, the New Zealand Qualifications Authority has moderated and aligned all NCEA standards so any student sitting an assessment is doing so at the same competency level regardless of what school they attend. The problem ...
High schools battle to hit targets
Stuff.co.nzRelevant offers. Two Marlborough principals are seemingly undeterred by the region's poor NCEA level 3 results, saying there is more to education than statistics. The figures, obtained by Fairfax Media from the New Zealand Qualifications Authority ...
Boys Achievement Statistics Flawed
Referring to an article published in The Dom Post today, Boys slip further in school's co-ed class, Linda Sissons, Chief Executive of the Wellington Institute of Technology commented, “The article refers to the achievement statistics for 5 boys studying ...NZ academics losing race for cash
New Zealand's leading universities and academics are behind international competitors when it comes to attracting cash from business, a new comparison shows.Institutions here draw tens of thousands of dollars less per academic than...Good schools build on kids' strengths
As part of Stuff's relaunched School Report NCEA and National Standards data project, we've asked what you think makes a good school.
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NCEA courses are 'national standards'. Everyone has to reach the same standard in the same course no matter where they are from or what school they go to. In terms of the chance of gaining a qualification and entrance to university, the difference ...
NCEA courses are 'national standards'. Everyone has to reach the same standard in the same course no matter where they are from or what school they go to. In terms of the chance of gaining a qualification and entrance to university, the difference ...
Equipping kids for the future
Stuff.co.nzThe introduction of NCEA heralded a new approach. Instead of setting arbitrary hurdles for kids, teachers and schools are now focused on identifying what each student can do and where they need to improve. NCEA has provided more opportunities for ...
A recipe for good schools
Stuff.co.nzAs part of Stuff's relaunched School Report NCEA and National Standards data project, we've asked what you think makes a good school. Here's reader Peter Corlet's list. I am a teacher of over 30 years' experience, and I am appalled by the direction ...
What makes a good school? Decile debate
Stuff.co.nzWith so much focus on National Standards and school ratings we may be losing track of the value of other achievements at home, in society and under other curriculum areas. It is most important to have a balanced well-adjusted child who has had a range ...
Charter school process sidelines Māori
waateanews.comThe Quality Charter Public Education Coalition says the process of picking the first charter school operators does not meet the standards expected of open and transparent government and appears to discriminate against Māori. Chairperson Bill Courtenay ...
Children as young as two bully, research finds
Bullying in schools is starting at pre-school age, new research from Victoria University has found.Kohanga board in Tauranga to meet protesters
Radio New ZealandThe Kohanga Reo National Trust board will on Tuesday meet a branch of the Maori preschool which last week protested over the departure of the movement's chief executive. About 300 whanau from the Mataatua-Tauranga Moana branch travelled to ...
'Boarding school' training not working
Stuff.co.nzA ''boarding school'' approach to staff training is hampering its effectiveness for Kiwi small businesses, say workplace training providers. They said while ongoing workplace learning for employees could be crucial in helping small to medium ...
Reading Recovery not responsible for underachievement
A University of Canterbury (UC) education professor says Reading Recovery is not responsible for the lack of change in the long tail of underachievement in New Zealand school children, as recently suggested by some New Zealand researchers.Year 13 girls ahead in South Canterbury
Stuff.co.nzYear 13 NCEA statistics for the region last year show the percentage of those who did not pass ranged from 6.5 per cent at Roncalli to 28.9 per cent at Timaru Girls' High School not achieving. The variance between genders was 7.7 per cent at Roncalli ...
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