PATs remain a locally designed, evidence-based assessment option for schools in 2026, and we recommend using them in Term 1 ...

Rational number is one of the most challenging areas of primary school mathematics. When taking it on, learners are asked to move beyond whole number thinking and make sense of multiplicative and ...

The purpose of this research project is to improve understanding of the key elements of successful home–school partnerships, and how these partnerships operate in different school settings. The ...

Multiple motivation factors work together to influence how students learn and achieve. Motivation can be enhanced by instruction that supports learning-related expectancies of success and strengthens ...

“Rosemary Hipkins does not promise simple or easy answers; rather, she offers something far more valuable: a way of thinking that honours complexity, resists false binaries, and places lifelong, ...

We found that reporting to parents and whānau acts as a key mediator between school culture and schools’ support systems. While assessment and reporting practices are interrelated and both shaped by ...

NZCER has updated the item calibrations used to calculate scale scores for PAT Pānui | Reading Comprehension on the NZCER Assist platform, which may mean changes to 2025 scores in an early Term 1 ...

Student-centred curriculum integration is inclusive and future focused, enabling students to develop the competencies, values, knowledge, skills, and understandings espoused in The New Zealand ...

This article clarifies the confusion between constructivism as a learning theory and the process of constructing knowledge.

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Update, December 18 2025: The recording of our webinar is now available to watch here. Following our recent webinar with Brent Duckor and Carrie Holmberg on AI in USA primary schools, we invite you to ...

With changes underway for School Board priorities and requirements, we thought it might be useful to revisit one of our research reports from earlier in the year, School Board leadership—Key issues ...