Assessment
projects
National
Education Monitoring Project (NEMP)
New Zealand's
National Education Monitoring Project commenced in 1993, with the task of
assessing and reporting on the achievement of New Zealand primary school
children in all areas of the school curriculum. Children are assessed at two
class levels: Year 4 (halfway through primary education) and Year 8 (at the
end of primary education). Different curriculum areas and skills are
assessed each year, over a four year cycle. The main goal of national
monitoring is to provide detailed information about what children can do so
that patterns of performance can be recognised, successes celebrated, and
desirable changes to educational practices and resources identified and
implemented.
Further information about
NEMP
Third International
Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
The International
Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) undertake
comparative educational research on an international scale. Within each
country an organisation is responsible for the conduct of any IEA research
project in which it and the national authorities agree to participate. In
New Zealand this organisation is the Ministry of Education (MoE).
New Zealand agreed to
take part in the study – Third international Mathematics and Science Study.
One of the important features of TIMSS was the collection of information on
the nature of teaching and learning at both international and national
levels.
The main data
collection for TIMSS occurred in October 1994 on students enrolled in
standard 2 (Year 4) and standard 3 (Year 5) [this was known as population
1], and with students enrolled in form 2 (Year 8) and form 3 (Year 9) [this
was known as population 2]. In 1998 TIMSS was repeated, known as TIMSS-R
with Year 8 and 9 students. In 2002 there was again further TIMSS data
collection with both populations of students.
Further information about
TIMSS
Programme for International
Student Achievement (PISA)
In 2000, New Zealand was one of 32
countries that took part in an international study known as the Programme
for International Student Assessment (PISA). This study was commissioned by
the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and its
aims were to measure how well young adults, at age 15 are prepared to meet
the challenges of today's knowledge societies. The study assessed knowledge
and skill in three key areas: reading literacy, mathematical literacy, and
scientific literacy.
PISA 2000 surveyed reading
literacy, mathematical literacy, and scientific literacy, with a primary
focus on reading literacy. PISA will be administered every three years, and
in 2003 the focus is on mathematical literacy, and in 2006 the focus will be
on scientific literacy.
Further
information about PISA
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