NCEA Workload Advisory Group

NZQA and the Ministry of Education established the NCEA Workload Advisory Group (Advisory Group) to address concerns about teacher workload. The secondary school sector has indicated to NZQA that the workload associated with delivering NCEA is very high for teachers and school administrators.  The Advisory Group was tasked with identifying the main areas of high teacher workload and proposing recommendations to reduce it. Particular attention was placed on examining:

• internal and external moderation

• the amount of assessment administration including data transfers

• access to / production of quality assessment resources

• the role and functions of the Principal’s Nominee

• the role of School Relationship Managers

The Advisory Group had three meetings in March, May and June 2011, and the recommendations were submitted to NZQA and the Ministry at the end of July 2011.

Read about:

The Advisory Group's recommendations (PDF, 36KB)

NZQA and Ministry of Education response to the recommendations (PDF, 50KB)

Advisory Group members (PDF, 17KB)