Reading Recovery in New Zealand: Uptake, implementation, and outcomes, especially in relation to Maori and Pasifika students Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2004 This research project evaluated Reading Recovery, an early intervention for students making limited progress in reading and writing after their first year at school. The study…
Report on Secondary Teacher Workload Study Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2004 This research, carried out by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) in 2004, looks at the hours worked, the kinds of work performed and the…
Social Studies: Assessing Year 8 Student's Knowledge and Understanding about New Zealand Society Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2004 NEMP probe studies provide researchers with the opportunity to carry out more detailed analyses of data collected during the annual monitoring of student achievement. The present probe…
Interventions for Refugee Children in New Zealand Schools: Models, Methods, and Best Practice Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2004 This review looks at different models, methods and best practice for intervening with refugee children in New Zealand schools. It examines the literature on refugee trauma,…
Tracking the Obesity Epidemic Last Publication Date: 02 Dec 2004 Obesity is one of the most important modifiable risk factors for a number of major diseases, including type 2 diabetes mellitus, ischaemic heart disease, ischaemic stroke…
Ageing New Zealand and Health and Disability Services 2001–2021 Last Publication Date: 02 Dec 2004 All countries will be faced with an increasing, and proportionately older, population with different health and disability issues over the next 10 to 20 years. Many…
Working Holidaymakers in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2004 This research was carried out by the Department of Labour’s Immigration Service as part of our work in responding to a Cabinet decision in November 2003…
Measuring the Economic Impact of Immigration: A Scoping Paper Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2004 Immigration is a complex phenomenon that affects New Zealand in many different ways. This report is concerned with measurement of economic aspects of the impact of…
Whanau Development Project: Final Evaluation Report Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2004 The Whanau Development Project piloted a devolved funding approach that involved the Ministry of Social Development providing funding and support for whanau, hapu, iwi and Maori…
The Nova Scotia Genuine Progress Index: Insights for New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2004 This working paper describes the Nova Scotia Genuine Progress Index and recommends next steps for New Zealand to improve its social wellbeing reporting framework, with the…