PATs have supported teachers for more than 50 years now, providing a consistent, evidence-based way to understand student ...

Each PAT is built from a carefully selected sample of questions that represent the key ideas and skills contributing to ...

NZCER is pleased once again to host Professor Brent Duckor and Dr Carrie Holmberg (San José State University) as they present ...

This article responds to increasing school and cross-sector interest surrounding culturally responsive pedagogy and the multiple ways that it is being discussed and understood. We try to bring clarity ...

When asked what they would change about their work, 76% of teachers indicated they would want more support staff, compared to ...

NZCER has run a National Survey of Primary Schools regularly since 1989, with the last survey of primary school teachers ...

Given Aotearoa New Zealand’s high need for anti-bullying initiatives and the advantages of a coordinated, community-wide ...

•&&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 ...

Science education has an important role to play in supporting our young people to meet the complex challenges of the modern age. Students need a curriculum that can prepare them to work ...

The long-running National Survey of Schools project is part of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research’s (NZCER’s) Te Pae Tawhiti programme of research, funded through the Ministry of ...

We are planning some updates to our PAT Listening Comprehension content for 2026. As part of this refresh, Tests 6 and 8 will no longer be offered in either online or paper format. This decision ...

Lifting student attendance, as well as understanding the drivers for non-attendance through data, are government priorities for improving student achievement. In April 2024, a new attendance action ...