Kiwi students fall behind in basics
Auckland stuff.co.nzIt found 80 per cent of teachers surveyed by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) said the policy had not made a big difference to student achievement. The NZCER figures also showed that only 7 per cent of principals and 15 per cent ...
PISA results confirm education challenge
Hekia Parata | EducationResults of an international study show New Zealand is continuing to perform above the OECD average in reading, maths and science but has slipped against some countries, Education Minister Hekia Parata says. The 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study, which is carried out every three years, compares the performance of just over half a million 15-year-olds from 65 countries or economies across reading literacy, maths and science. ...
Hekia Parata reacts to OECD education report
Morning Report speaks with Education Minister Hekia Parata about the recent OECD report indicating New Zealand standards have dived.New Zealand tumbles in international test of 15-year-olds
New Zealand has tumbled in a prestigious international ranking of 15-year-olds' abilities in maths, reading and science. Formerly among the top performing nations in the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment, or Pisa, New Zealand is now outside the top ten nations in reading and science and barely above the average in maths.What's behind NZ's drop in an international education table?
President of the Post Primary Teachers Association Angela Roberts and Auckland University primary teacher education lecturer Fiona Ell join us to discuss New Zealand's recent poor results in an international education league table.NZ Principals' Federation and PPTA comment on OECD results
The latest OECD education survey shows New Zealand 15 year old students' levels of maths, reading and science continue to drop. The largest slump was in maths where New Zealand dived from a ranking of 13th in 2009 to 23rd in 2012.
Drop in student rankings doesn't reflect new standards - minister
Education Minister Hekia Parata says New Zealand's slide in international rankings which measure achievement in maths, science and reading is not a Government failing because the students who sat the tests were not products of its...Education slide blamed on inequality
3News NZYesterday the OECD's Programme for International StudentAssessment (PISA) report showed Kiwi 15-year-olds had slipped from seventh out of 65 countries in reading and science to 13th and 18th respectively, and had also plummeted in maths, from 12th to ...
Opposition pounce on education survey
NZ CityOpposition parties say NZ's poor result in an OECD education survey shows National's education policy is failing students. 4 December 2013. Opposition parties are pouring the heat on the government after an ...The students tested have not been ...
Education worse under National – Greens
3News NZ"The report states that high performing countries place high performing teachers in socially disadvantaged schools, yet National plans to staff their controversial charter schools with unqualified teachers." The Green Party has labelled the report a ...
Slow slide down rankings requires urgent action
Scoop.co.nz (press release)“Education Review Office evaluations also show the need for more contextual and student-centred learning and the better use of data to plan for student learning. We also have to ... “The review ofprofessional development is a start but this needs to ...
Census results released
Newstalk ZBBut the Maori language is in decline - with just one in five people who identify as Maori able to hold a conversation in the language. Incomes and rates of university education have increased in Gisborne since the last Census in 2006. But the city ...
Number of te reo Maori speakers declines in Census
Census data reveals the Maori population is growing and increasingly educated, but the number of te reo Maori speakers has continued to fall. The number of Maori speakers has been declining for almost two decades.Fall in Te Reo speakers shocks kaihautu
Radio New ZealandKohanga Reo National Trust Board co-chair Tina Olsen-Ratana says Ministry of Education regulations have contributed to fewer under 15-year old Maori speaking their native language. Ms Olsen-Ratana says government policies have contributed to fewer ...
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Language on decline
Iwi leaders see light in charter schools
Radio New ZealandA member of the education panel of the Iwi Chairs Forum, Haami Piripi, says iwi aren't ruling out investing in Charter Schools down the track. The forum agreed to focus on improving educational outcomes for Maori, at a hui last week. The country's ...
Jobs cut in design school restructure
Stuff.co.nzThe disestablishment of 50 jobs at Unitec is part of the "scourge of casualisation" affecting the country, the Tertiary Education Union says. A Unitec restructure will see the entire Design and Visual Arts Department made redundant with staff being ...
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