This book examines decolonisation and Māori education in Aotearoa New Zealand in ways that seeks to challenge, unsettle and provoke for change. Editors Jessica Hutchings and Jenny Lee-Morgan have ...

NZCER conducts a comprehensive programme of high-quality research and evaluation work. Our diverse team has extensive expertise in areas such as Māori education, educational leadership, teaching and ...

“We have lofty goals when it comes to excellence and equity in our education system – and in a time when many might consider ...

The STAR reading tests are standardised assessment tools, designed to supplement the assessments that teachers make about their students' progress and achievement in reading. Each test assesses a ...

This adaptable guide invites kaiako to rethink approaches to engaging ākonga, re-envisage the teacher/learner dynamic, revise old habits, and reconfigure learning environments to acknowledge and ...

This widely used test has been revised and standardised for use in New Zealand. It is an individually administered test, which provides a measure of an aspect of a child's word reading skills, ie word ...

This project began in 2019. It addresses questions about what changes or adaptations our education system may need to make in the immediate and short-to-medium term future, in response to climate ...

The Teaching and Learning Research Initiative (TLRI) is a research fund aimed to improve educational outcomes by linking educational research to practice. NZCER has been contracted to manage the TLRI ...

Our Education Advisory team is a group of experts here to support schools with any of their assessment needs. We provide Professional Learning and Development (PLD) to support schools to introduce, ...

This report focuses on the perspectives of whānau Pasifika as they express their attitudes and beliefs about what success looks like for their tamariki and why success is important. It employs the ...

Progressive Achievement Tests (PATs) are multi-choice standardised assessments for ākonga in Years 3-10. There are PATs for Pāngarau (mathematics), Pānui (reading comprehension) and vocabulary, ...

Teaching to the North-East responds to the marginalisation of particular groups of students with a way of teaching intended to increase equity in the education system. One way this marginalisation ...