With the introduction of PAT Tuhituhi | PAT Writing, NZCER is now offering a pair of introductory webinars for this new ...

NZCER is excited to announce that PAT Tuhituhi, the newest addition to our Progressive Achievement Tests (PATs), is now live ...

Thiscollection brings together seasoned educators and researchers who have long navigated the complex waters of early childhood teacher education in Aotearoa New Zealand. Through critical care and ...

All workers in New Zealand can expect to have their rights to health implemented in their workplaces. For early childhood teachers, health risks extend to the children they care for, as well as their ...

This study, conducted in partnership with Hutt City Kindergartens, explores story sharing - a critical aspect of early literacy development. We studied the naturalistic story interactions of tamariki ...

“Respect” is a value that underpins Pasifika ways of being, Pasifika learner success and wellbeing, and strong home–school partnerships with Pasifika families and communities. When teachers ...

As schools gear up for Term 1, assessment will be at the forefront of many teachers' minds. NZCER offers many options for assessing literacy and mathematics, from our suite of Progressive Achievement ...

In 2024, NZCER introduced PAT Pānui, a refreshed version of PAT Reading Comprehension featuring new texts and questions designed to engage a diverse range of New Zealand students effectively. It is ...

Progressive Achievement Tests (PATs) are standardised tests available for students in Years 3-10, and are one of the options available to schools in 2025 as they are encouraged to assess twice yearly ...

What happens when people become critically aware of our local Māori and colonial histories? How does this awareness impact on our own sense of self, and connection to place? How might this awareness ...

Tēnā koe, and welcome to the first edition of our PAT mailbag! We received some great pātai to start us off with—and we’ll add everything new that comes through to our Understanding PATs page as well.

This article started life as a literature review I completed as the final paper in the Postgraduate Diploma in Social Science Evaluation Research at Massey University. As a busy researcher and ...