Each PAT is designed to assess an important capability, such as reading comprehension, that develops over time and across the ...

NZCER is excited to introduce new item reporting for the Progressive Achievement Tests (PATs), our standardised assessments ...

Provides insights into the effect of the values statement in The New Zealand Curriculum on teaching and learning in a small sample of intermediate and secondary schools. Highlights the need for ...

The young people who are the subject of the National Child Development Study are now aged 25. For most of their lives they have been monitored by the National Children's Bureau and described in 19 ...

This rapid review was commissioned to assist the New Zealand Drug Foundation (NZDF) to develop youth gambling resources and forms of support for Tūturu. The focus topic is “school-based approaches to ...

Threatens progress made in revitalising te reo Māori and promoting Māori culture in schools. Risks misrepresenting the original Tiriti and white-washing our histories, negatively affecting Aotearoa ...

In 2024, NZCER introduced PAT Pānui, a refreshed version of PAT Reading Comprehension featuring new texts and questions designed to engage a diverse range of New Zealand students effectively. It is ...

Young people are worried about the impacts that climate change will have on their lives. Educators need learning programmes that can help students to manage these dark emotions and become more ...

Teachers have an important role to play in supporting and facilitating play-based learning for their students. This study aimed to explore one teacher’s understanding about her own intentionality ...

How might ways of engaging with families set Pasifika children up for learning success? Early childhood education in New Zealand is commonly play-based and builds on teachers' understandings about ...