“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 ...

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 ...

Te Kura Tapa Whā is a framework for culturally responsive action. It combines the original work of Tā Mason Durie’s Te Whare Tapa Whā, the principles set out in Ka Hikitia: Accelerating Success ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...