This paper outlines the development and the conceptual design of an assessment for learning resource of 177 exemplars from early childhood contexts. Two metaphors provide the foundation for the ...

Julie Roberts and Cathie Johnson are NZCER's Education Advisors, who meet with schools every day to support them with their assessment and PLD needs. You can read more about what they do here. Phew, ...

Sally Boyd is a Kairangahau Matua | Senior Researcher at NZCER, with over 20 years of experience in leading qualitative, quantitative, and mixed method research and evaluation studies that span the ...

Update, March 10: Thank you all for your interest in the Y3-4 trial for PAT Tuhituhi | PAT Writing. We've had so many schools want to take part that we are now pausing recruitment - thank you so much, ...

With assessment high on the agenda for many schools, we have seen a strong takeup of the Progressive Achievement Tests (PATs) so far this term. But how can you make sure you're getting the most out of ...

The following is from our Term 1, 2026 Assessment News pānui. If you'd like to receive this pānui as it is released, you can sign up here. Welcome back to another school year! We imagine there’s ...

Update, 4 March 2026: This update has taken place and changes have been applied to PAT Pānui scale scores. You can find an updated summary of average scores and progress here. NZCER has updated the ...

Indigenous evaluators, and evaluators who position themselves in the transformative paradigm, share a common interest in positive transformation for those who experience discrimination and oppression.

NZCER conducts a comprehensive programme of high-quality research and evaluation work. Our diverse team has extensive expertise in areas such as Māori education, educational leadership, teaching and ...

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 ...