The latest report from New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) provides a fresh perspective of literacy in early ...

This study, conducted in partnership with Hutt City Kindergartens, explores story sharing - a critical aspect of early ...

As Prentice et al. (2024) note, climate stressors can begin to impact on children/learners even before they are born, due to ...

As of June 1, NZCER is using updated national reference information to report stanines and generate boxplots for PAT Pānui | ...

These transitions, which were still in progress at the time of the 2024 survey and our latest report on primary principal ...

School attendance is a high-profile issue in the public eye this year, with a key government target being 80% of students attending school more than 90% of the time, and new proposed requirements for ...

Supporting students with learning, social, emotional and wellbeing needs are the top issues for primary principals in Aotearoa. The findings come from Uiuinga ā-Motu o ngā Kura, the National Survey of ...

Tēnā koe, We have been receiving a number of questions this past week regarding the future of the Progressive Achievement Tests (PATs), so I'd like to take a moment to clarify our position. NZCER is ...

Progressive Achievement Tests (PATs) are standardised tests available for students in Years 3-10, and are one of the options available to schools in 2025 as they are encouraged to assess twice yearly ...