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

In 2022, the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) identified a range of schools at which the University Entrance (UE) ...

Whānau Pasifika must be understood and engaged as wayfinders, paramount to tamariki navigating successfully in educational ...

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 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 ...

Pūrākau, or Māori narratives, have shaped the historical accounts of Māori throughout the generations. Yet they have historically been misappropriated, misrepresented, and misinterpreted as “fables” ...

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 ...

it involves school staff making decisions about programmes of learning for their students collaborative decision-making processes are involved it represents an alternative to "top-down" or centralised ...

Aotearoa New Zealand’s early childhood curriculum framework, Te Whāriki, was recognised internationally as an innovative and far-sighted early childhood curriculum policy text when first published in ...