Te Rau Awhina: - Good Practice Examples of Māori and Pasifika Private Training Establishments
June 2008
This study investigated the practices of Māori and Pasifika Private Training Establishments (PTEs) in relation to teaching & learning, and programme design & development. It asked what cultural elements were interwoven into their practices, and to what extent their practices compared with those considered in the literature to be indicators of good practice. More ... |
Assessment Practices of Level 3 NCEA Teachers (2004–2006)
November 2007
This longitudinal study investigates how teachers' assessment practices have changed with the implementation of the Level 3 National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) qualification. More ... |
Action research reports
March 2007
A number of small-scale research projects, encouraging teachers to reflect on their classroom practices and to find ways to successfully incorporate assessment for learning into their classroom activities, have been completed. More ... |
Teachers' and candidates' views of NCEA and Scholarship 2006
March 2007
Survey results of teachers' and candidates' views of the 2006 NCEA and Scholarship assessments and of Principal's Nominees on the procedures surrounding the NCEA. More ... |
| Changing Courses: a study of schools' responsiveness to the NQF
August 2006
NZQA looked at ways in which schools are using the potential flexibility of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) to provide more varied educational pathways for their students. The purpose was to establish the types of courses schools were offering, what factors aided or restricted the provision of flexible courses, how schools viewed the flexibility of the NQF, and how course provision differed depending on school types. More ...
This research was based on a preliminary Pilot study. More ... |
Standards-based assessment in the senior secondary school
August 2006
In May 2004, the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) contracted the College of Education, Massey University to review and synthesise research literature about standards-based assessment (SBA) in the senior secondary school. More ...
The Review was based on summaries of the relevant literature. More ... |
Student Views of the NQF and NCEA
July 2006
This report is part of ongoing research by NZQA to identify where potential improvements to the qualifications system can be made. The findings in this report are based on focus groups of Year 12 and Year 13 students in 16 schools during September and October 2005. The report details their perceptions and experiences of the national qualifications. More ... |
New procedure is not a return to scaling by another name
April 2006
A new procedure by which NZQA monitors secondary exam results to detect anomalies and, if need be, remark is not a return to scaling by another name. That's the key point of the following article prepared in response to a feature article by Professor Warwick Elley in Education Review on 21 April 2006. More ... |
The New Zealand National Qualifications Framework
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Briefing for the incoming Minister of Education
The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (the Qualifications Authority) is the government agency responsible for delivering a range of services focused on quality assurance in the areas of education and training provision, qualifications development and assessment, and recognition of international qualifications. This document presents background information on the Qualifications Authority and the issues it faces. PDF  |
New Literacy and Numeracy Standards required before entry to university
A feature article prepared for publication in the Dominion Post by NZQA's Chief Executive, Karen Van Rooyen. More... |
Assessment in Change: Some Reflections on the Local and International Background to the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA)
This article first appeared in the New Zealand Annual Review of Education, issue 11:2001, published in June 2002 by the School of Education, Victoria University of Wellington, and is reproduced by permission. More ...  |
Certification systems in the senior secondary school: some international perspectives
This paper selects international examples to illustrate the timing and nature of certification, the forms of assessment used to award qualifications and certificates, curriculum effects, and the use of standards as a basis for assessing and reporting achievement. It concludes by noting the reforms under way in some countries. More ... |
