This article draws on a small survey of Auckland-area early childhood services to explore “tree climbing as curriculum”. As well as considering how health and safety issues are understood and managed, ...

Anticipated changes in 2025: Schools using PAT Pānui for the first time in 2025 may observe variations in achievement levels compared to previous years with PAT Reading Comprehension. These changes ...

Looks at the reasons why the NZ curriculum component known as the Nature of Science (NOS) has generally not, thus far, achieved its stated intent of helping students think differently about science ...

Tūturu leads (advisers) from local AoD/youth providers offer support for schools in four communities: Auckland, Waikato, Christchurch, and Dunedin. There are different tiers of support available; ...

This rapid review was commissioned to assist the New Zealand Drug Foundation (NZDF) to develop youth gambling resources and ...

Over 2022-2025 NZCER provided evaluation services to the New Zealand Drug Foundation in relation to the expansion of Tūturu. Tūturu is a health–education partnership that supports secondary schools to ...

NZCER was contracted by Te Ara Ahunga Ora to evaluate Sorted PPPH in its first 3 years. This evaluation report presents ...

•&&Relationships and interactions between teachers and students in the classroom are key to effective teaching of Māori students. •&&Effective teachers take a positive, nondeficit view of Māori ...

As schools gear up for Term 1, assessment will be at the forefront of many teachers' minds. NZCER offers many options for assessing literacy and mathematics, from our suite of Progressive Achievement ...

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 ...