2015 School catalogue
KEEpiNg you aT ThE lEadiNg EdgE of EduCaTioNal ThiNKiNg 2015 This is your guide to New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) publications, assessments and assessment services. The people who read our books and use our assessment services are passionate educators who have made a difference in the lives of children. They are people like you. The resources in this catalogue will give you the information and tools you need to stay up to date with the latest educational research and practices. They will help support you to keep at the top of your game in the classroom. Books to Build youR ExpERtisE
NZCER assEssmENts aRE Now oNliNE
Our books and journals are written by some of the most astute education experts. Our publications range from practical handbooks for teachers of any subject and year, to thought-provoking analyses of education in Aotearoa New Zealand. They will provide you with valuable knowledge as you develop your own educational expertise.
NZCER Assessment Services has expanded to offer you more. Your students can now sit STAR and PATs online. Online testing offers you many benefits—most importantly, it significantly reduces test administration time giving you more time with your students.
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NEW TiTlEs Showcasing New Zealand’s most exciting practice and research in mathematics and statistics education mathematics and statistics in the middle years Evidence and practice Edited by Robin Averill There is much to celebrate in mathematics and statistics education in New Zealand. The chapters in this book showcase some of our most exciting practice and research. The book straddles the primary-secondary school transition to enable better understanding of the learning journeys of students as they make this transition. Within these pages you will find ideas for implementing a community of inquiry in your mathematics lessons. Each chapter outlines research, resources, learning experiences and ideas related to a particular pedagogical focus and specific mathematical or statistical curriculum content.
KEY COMPETENCIES, ASSESSMENT AND LEARNING STORIES Talking With Teachers and Students Authors Keryn Davis, Jocelyn Wright, Margaret Carr, Sally Peters
NZCER Press 2015
ISBN 978-1-927231-48-7
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the New Zealand dyslexia Handbook Tom Nicholson and Susan Dymock
The New Zealand
This is an up-to-date resource written with the aim of improving the literacy of dyslexic students. The authors are experienced university teachers and researchers with expertise in literacy. In putting the book and DVD together, they consulted with other university researchers, students with dyslexia, their parents, classroom teachers and principals. The result is a resource that de-mystifies dyslexia and shows that there are many practical things classroom teachers can do about it. Dyslexia is mysterious to many people, yet it becomes easy to understand once you have some information about it. It is commonly ignored by schools and the community because of a lack of understanding, and people have taken on ideas that are not backed by research. This book aims to address that. NZCER Press 2015
ISBN: 978-1-927231-44-9
Dyslexia Handbook A guide to understanding dyslexia in children and youth, with strategies for assessing and teaching reading and spelling
Tom Nicholson and Susan Dymock
An up-to-date resource to improve the literacy of dyslexic students
$59.95
Providing culturally responsive, effective education for Ma¯ori children with special needs working with ma¯ori children with special education needs He mahi whakahirahira Jill Bevan-Brown, Mere Berryman, huhana hickey, Sonja Macfarlane, Kirsten Smiler and Tai Walker Working with Māori children with special education needs He mahi whakahirahira Jill Bevan-Brown, Mere Berryman, Huhana Hickey, Sonja Macfarlane, Kirsten Smiler and Tai Walker
This book emphasises the importance of learning from the past and listening to Ma¯ori children, their parents and wider wha¯nau. It explores the key components of culturally responsive, evidence-based, special education practice; it describes holistic and inclusive responses to educating all tamariki, especially those with identified special education needs; and it discusses a paradigm for Ma¯ori disability identity–wha¯nau haua¯. NZCER Press 2015
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What might a future-oriented school science curriculum look like in Years 1–8? Constructing your primary school’s science curriculum Ally Bull, Chris Joyce and Rose hipkins What might a future-oriented school science curriculum look like in Years 1–8? This handbook shares ideas to help teachers design a coherent, school-based science curriculum that will meet the needs of the students and community. The authors explore how all children can become “confident, connected and lifelong learners”. Teachers will be familiar with some of the ideas; others will be more challenging. Wherever your school is on its curriculum journey, this book will provide inspiring ideas and practical decisions. NZCER Press 2014
ISBN: 978-1-927231-40-1
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Changing our Secondary Schools
A powerful critique of two decades of educational reform in New Zealand from an educator who was deeply involved
Bali Haque
Changing our secondary schools
postgraduate study in aotearoa New Zealand
Bali haque The book is a powerful critique and a powerful call to action. It analyses four major reforms since 1989: Tomorrow’s Schools, the NcEa, the revised New Zealand curriculum and National Standards. It explores the role of the Ministry of Education, the PPTa and secondary school principals, and asks some fundamental questions about how we define and measure school and teacher quality and the extent to which schools and teachers can be expected to overcome socioeconomic disadvantage in homes. It examines how well ERo makes decisions about school quality, how useful our decile system is and the extent to which NcEa results provide any useful measure of school quality. NZCER Press 2014
ISBN 978-1-927231-47-0
An essential survival guide for postgraduates
$39.95
Surviving and succeeding Edited by Christopher McMaster and Caterina Murphy This book is a survival guide to help postgraduates at each stage of their studies. The editors gave each contributor a simple task: “If you could go back in time to when you started your postgraduate studies, what would you tell your younger, less experienced self? What advice could you give to prospective or current postgraduate students now, with the wisdom of your hindsight?” It does not prescribe how to be a postgraduate student but it begins to identify a set of common practices at the heart of postgraduate student culture in aotearoa New Zealand. NZCER Press 2014
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booKs matHEmatICS aNd StatIStICS IN tHE mIddlE yEaRS
CoNStRuCtINg youR PRImaRy SCHool’S SCIENCE CuRRICulum
Evidence and practice
Tom Nicholson and Susan Dymock
Ally Bull, Chris Joyce and Rose Hipkins
Edited by Robin Averill $59.95 ISBN 978-1-927231-48-7
Bali Haque $39.95 ISBN 978-1-927231-47-0
Jill Bevan-Brown, Mere Berryman, Huhana Hickey, Sonja Macfarlane, Kirsten Smiler and Tai Walker
Ka hoki tāua ki te whare huri ai ē!
a collection of essays for readers of teo reo ma¯ori
$44.95 ISBN 978-1-927231-42-5
$29.95 ISBN: 978-1-927231-46-3
kEy ComPEtENCIES FoR tHE FutuRE
Kaiētita Agnes McFarland rāua ko Taiarahia Black
Rosemary Hipkins, Rachel Bolstad, Sally Boyd, and Sue McDowall
PEtER SmItH
a handbook for teaching and learning how to think historically
His life and legacy in art and education
Martyn Davison, Paul Enright and Mark Sheehan
$44.95 ISBN: 978-1-92731-06-7
tE kotaHItaNga towards effective education reform for indigenous and other minoritised students
Russell Bishop, Mere Berryman and Janice Wearmouth
$39.95 ISBN 978-1-927231-08-1
HIStoRy mattERS 2
$44.95 ISBN 978-1-927151-91-4
Key Competencies for the Future
Rosemary Hipkins, Rachel Bolstad, Sally Boyd and Sue McDowall
Edited by Agnes McFarland and Taiarahia Black
Tom Nicholson and Susan Dymock
Edited by Christopher McMaster and Caterina Murphy
$44.95 ISBN: 978-1-927231-43-2
ka HokI ta¯ua kI tE WHaRE HuRI aI E¯ !
A guide to understanding dyslexia in children and youth, with strategies for assessing and teaching reading and spelling
Surviving and succeeding
Bali Haque
Working with Māori children with special education needs He mahi whakahirahira
Dyslexia Handbook
PoStgRaduatE Study IN aotEaRoa NEW ZEalaNd
Changing our Secondary Schools
CHaNgINg ouR SECoNdaRy SCHoolS
He mahi whakahirahira
The New Zealand
$59.95 ISBN: 978-1-927231-44-9
$49.95 ISBN: 978-1-927231-40-1
WoRkINg WItH ma¯oRI CHIldREN WItH SPECIal EduCatIoN NEEdS Jill Bevan-Brown, Mere Berryman, Huhana Hickey, Sonja Macfarlane, Kirsten Smiler and Tai Walker
tHE NEW ZEalaNd dySlExIa HaNdBook
$44.95 ISBN 978-1-927151-91-4
doINg EduCatIoNal RESEaRCH (2Nd EdItIoN)
a Practitioner’s guide to getting Started
Jill Smith
Carol Mutch $44.95 ISBN: 978-1-927151-92-1
Histor y Matters 2 A handbook for teaching and learning how to think historically Mart yn Davison, Paul Enright and Mark shEEhan
CoNNECtINg CuRRICulum, lINkINg lEaRNINg
uNdERStaNdINg NCEa (2Nd EdItIoN)
a relatively short and very useful guide for secondary school students and their parents
How do children seek, use and create knowledge within integrated learning contexts?
Irena Madjar and Elizabeth McKinley Starpath Project for Tertiary Participation and Success
Deb Fraser, Viv Aitken and Barbara Whyte $44.95 ISBN: 978-1-927151-88-4
malamalama I lE NCEa (2Nd EdItIoN) a Samoan language translation of understanding NCEa, our popular guide to NCEa for students and parents
Irena Madjar and Elizabeth McKinley $19.95 ISBN: 978-1-927231-01-2
$19.95 ISBN: 978-1-927231-00-5
WEaVINg tE WHa¯RIkI
kEy ComPEtENCIES, aSSESSmENt aNd lEaRNINg StoRIES talking with teachers and students Workbook and DVD
Keryn Davis, Jocelyn Wright, Margaret Carr and Sally Peters
KEY COMPETENCIES, ASSESSMENT AND LEARNING STORIES Talking With Teachers and Students Authors Keryn Davis, Jocelyn Wright, Margaret Carr, Sally Peters
$69.95 ISBN: 978-1-927151-89-1
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VItal CoNNECtIoNS
aotearoa New Zealand’s Early Childhood Curriculum Framework in theory and Practice (2nd edition)
Edited by Joce Nuttall
Why we need more than self-managing schools
Vital Connections Why we need more than self-managing schools
Cathy Wylie
Cathy Wylie $39.95 ISBN: 978-1-927151-57-0
$44.95 ISBN: 978-1-927151-81-5
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CRoSSINg tHE BoRdER
IN tHE EaRly WoRld
PlaNtINg SEEdS
(3Rd EdItIoN)
Embedding critical literacy in your classroom programme
developing the creative power of children in the classroom
a community negotiates the transition from early childhood to primary school
Elwyn Richardson
Carol Hartley, Pat Rogers, Jemma Smith, Sally Peters and Margaret Carr
Dr Susan Sandretto with Scott Klenner
$59.95/$79.95 ISBN: Softcover: 978-1-927151-49-5 Hardcover: 978-1-927151-55-6
$44.95 ISBN: 978-1-927151-35-8
tE aotu¯Roa ta¯takI
HIStoRy mattERS
Inclusive Early Childhood Education
teaching and learning history in New Zealand secondary schools in the 21st century
SuCCESSFul EduCatIoNal lEadERSHIP IN NEW ZEalaNd
$39.95 ISBN: 978-1-927151-47-1
Alexandra C. Gunn, Diane Gordon-Burns, Kerry Purdue amd Nicola Surtees
Mark Sheehan and Michael Harcourt
Case studies of schools and an early childhood centre
$39.95 ISBN: 978-1-927151-43-3
$44.95 ISBN: 978-1-927151-56-3
Edited by Ross Notman
RESPoNSIVE PEdagogy
kIa taNgI tE tI¯tI¯ —PERmISSIoN to SPEak
SCalINg uP EduCatIoN REFoRm
Engaging Restoratively with Challenging Behaviour
Successful schooling for ma¯ori students in the 21st century: issues, challenges and alternatives
Edited by Valerie Margrain and Angus H. Macfarlane $44.95 ISBN: 978-1-927151-15-0
Edited by Paul Whitinui
tHE dISCoVERy oF EaRly CHIldHood
tEaCHINg REadINg ComPREHENSIoN
$39.95 ISBN: 978-1-877398-98-8
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Research-based comprehension strategies
the unique story of the development of early childhood education services and policy
Sue Dymock and Tom Nicholson
Helen May $55.00 ISBN: 978-1-927151-64
$59.95 ISBN: 978-1-877398-43-8
tEaCHINg PRImaRy SCHool matHEmatICS aNd StatIStICS:
tHE HIddEN lIVES oF lEaRNERS
Teaching Primary School Mathematics and Statistics: Evidence-based practice Editors: Robin Averill and Roger Harvey
Evidence-based Practice
Edited by Robin Averill and Roger Harvey $50.60 ISBN: 978-1-877398-64-3
lESSoNS FRom BEgINNINg tEaCHERS
Exploring the three worlds which together shape a student’s learning
$24.95 ISBN: 978-1-877398-53-7
Russell Bishop, Dominic O’Sullivan and Mere Berryman $40.48 ISBN: 978-1-877398-54-4
tEaCHINg SECoNdaRy SCHool matHEmatICS aNd StatIStICS VolS 1 aNd 2 Edited by Robin Averill and Roger Harvey $44.95 ISBN: Vol 1: 978-1-877398-43-8 Vol 2: 978-1-877398-45-2
dISCIPlINE, dEmoCRaCy, aNd dIVERSIty Working with Students with Behaviour difficulties
Angus Macfarlane
$44.95 ISBN: 978-1-877398-24-7
$42.95 ISBN: 978-1-877398-64-3
tEaCHINg REadINg VoCaBulaRy
WEaVINg EVIdENCE, INquIRy aNd StaNdaRdS to BuIld BEttER SCHoolS
$44.95 ISBN: 978-1-877398-62-9
Marie Cameron
addressing the Politics of disparity
Graham Nuthall
Tom Nicholson and Sue Dymock
Challenges for School leaders
$39.95 ISBN: 978-1-927151-37-2
Helen Timperley and Judy Parr $39.95 ISBN: 978-1-877398-60-5
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NZCER Marking ...and much more Online testing, reporting and analysis Your students can now sit NZCER assessments through an attractive, easy-to-use online platform. NZCER Marking also provides you with online reporting and analysis of student achievement data.
THE bENEFITS OF ONLINE TESTING Being able to sit tests online offers students and teachers many advantages. Here are just a few:
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• 100% accuracy in marking
Item Report
Progressive Achievement Test of Mathematics: Test 5
• huge time saving in administration
NZCER School Year 8 (Number of students: 43, Reference Group Used: Year 8)
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• it’s cheaper—no need to purchase paper tests • immediate and detailed feedback of test results
TAKING NZCER ASSESSMENTS AND SURVEYS ONLINE
ASSESSMENT REPORTS AND ANALYSIS OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT Year Group Report
Progressive Achievement Test of Mathematics NZCER School Year 8 (Reference Group Used: Year 8)
Numbers in brackets provide national reference group statistics
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You will have access to a wide range of reports based on their results. You can look at reports by type and investigate patterns and trends across different groups of test takers, or for different questions. Other reports can show a snapshot of your whole school or even groups of schools clustered together. NZCER School
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The full suite of Progressive Achievement Tests (PATs) in Literacy and Mathematics, Science: Thinking with Evidence and STAR (reading) are available as online tests.
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SCHOOL ASSESSMENTS
PAT: PUNCTUATION AND GRAMMAR YearS 4–10 PAT: Punctuation and Grammar assesses students’ ability to recognise and use grammar and punctuation—not in a prescriptive way but in context. The questions are developed to assess the skills students need in order to make meaning as they read, write meaningful texts and understand the patterns of standard New Zealand english.
STAR READING TEST YearS 3–9 STAR tests are standardised assessment tools designed to supplement other assessments that teachers make about student achievement and progress in reading. each test assesses a range of reading skills that correspond closely to those outlined in the Ministry of education’s Literacy Learning Progressions.
SCIENCE: THINKING wITH EVIDENCE YearS 7–10 The Science: Thinking with Evidence test consists of four standardised tests developed specifically for use in New Zealand schools. They are designed to assess how well students use evidence to think about scientific contexts and issues, rather than attempting to measure overall achievement in science. The tests make explicit links to the Nature of Science strand of the New Zealand Curriculum.
PAT: READING COMPREHENSION YearS 4–10
PAT: LISTENING COMPREHENSION YearS 3–10 PAT: Listening Comprehension provides information about students’ ability to focus their listening and to make meaning from texts that are read to them. Because students are listening rather than reading, their response gives an insight into their understanding that is independent of their ability to decode text. It also tests students’ understanding of the patterns of stress and intonation in language.
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PAT: Reading Comprehension tests students’ ability to make meaning across a range of texts including narrative, instructional, informational, persuasive and poetic. Properly interpreted and used alongside other information about the student, the results will help teachers make informed decisions about suitable teaching materials and programmes. If you are administering paper-based tests, Reading Comprehension and Reading Vocabulary are combined in one booklet but they can be used as separate tests.
SUPPLEMENTARY SPELLING ASSESSMENTS (SSpA) YearS 4–8 The Supplementary Spelling Assessments (SSpA) are designed to augment the assessments of spelling that teachers make on the basis of how, and how well, children spell in their writing. The assessments are also available for Years 9 and 10 students who are making slower progress. *Supplementary Spelling Assessments are not available online or through NZCER Marking.
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PAT: MATHEMATICS YearS 3–10 PAT: Mathematics indicates students’ levels of achievement in the skill, knowledge and understanding of mathematics as outlined by the New Zealand Mathematics Curriculum. It tests: number knowledge, number strategies, algebra, geometry and measurement, and statistics. We are currently revising the PAT: Mathematics teacher manual and developing additional tests so teachers can better monitor their students’ progress and achievement throughout the year.
PAT: READING VOCAbULARY YearS 4–10 PAT: Reading Vocabulary assesses students’ ability to understand the words they read. results from the test indicate students’ achievement on a range of vocabulary used in context. If you are administering paper-based tests, Reading Comprehension and Reading Vocabulary are combined in one booklet but they can be used as separate tests.
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THE TEACHER wORKPLACE SURVEY The Teacher Workplace Survey helps schools understand their most important resource: their teachers. Designed specifically for schools, the survey will help school leaders understand what teachers really think about their working conditions. It is confidential and easy to administer and schools can include their own personalised questions. *The Teacher Workplace Survey can only be completed online.
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ME AND MY SCHOOL SURVEY This survey helps measure student engagement in school and learning. This proven, research-based, anonymous survey will help teachers and school leaders tap into student attitude, emotion and behaviour. The results will provide rich reporting information at the class, gender, ethnicity and year levels and schools can track aspects of engagement over time.
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This online survey is designed to provide school leaders with a robust picture of how teachers perceive the effectiveness of their school’s educational leadership. This formative survey supports ongoing school leader and principal development and can feed into school planning. *The Educational Leadership Practices Survey can only be completed online.
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spoTlighT spoTlighT oN PAT: PUNCTUATION AND GRAMMAR
PAT:
Punctuation and Grammar The Progressive Achievement Test: Punctuation and Grammar is an important addition to your literacy assessment toolbox. It can now be administered online through NZCER Marking. why is it important to assess punctuation and grammar?
KEY FEATURE:
Punctuation and grammar play vital roles in conveying the meaning of written text. The New Zealand Curriculum places meaning at the heart of reading and writing. PAT: Punctuation and Grammar is not a return to prescriptive teaching—rather the emphasis is on the use of punctuation and 10 grammar in context and as tools to communicate meaning. The questions assess the skills students need in order to make meaning as 11 they read, to write meaningful texts and to understand the patterns of 12 standard New Zealand English. The questions are aligned with the The Literacy Learning Progressions. Which word completes the following sentence? Oliver can play either at the park ______ at home. A B C D
or and both neither
An apostrophe ( ’ ) is missing from the sentence below. Where should it go? A
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Filipe isnt allowed to eat peanuts, eggs, or soy beans.
Which punctuation goes at the end of the following sentence? When did Ruby want to go to the shop_ A B C D
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comma ( , ) full stop ( . ) question mark ( ? ) exclamation mark ( ! )
Which word completes the following sentence? How ______ litres of milk did you buy at the shop? A B C D
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The results will help you assess whether your students are meeting the reading and writing demands of The New Zealand Curriculum. These results will help you determine how well your students are developing a body of knowledge about how language works.
After student results have been marked, the PAT: Punctuation and Grammar Teacher Manual gives teachers recommendations and information about interpreting student results for students and wha¯nau and about using the results for further teaching and learning.
An example page from Test 2 aimed at Year 5 students
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spoTlighT oN SPELL-WRITE ONLINE
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youR favouRitE guidE to spElliNg is Now suppoRtEd oNliNE. use Spell-Write Online along with your Spell-Write book for a more powerful aid to writing and spelling. Spell-Write Online includes: • all of the beloved Spell-Write features such as the Essential Words list, alphabetical lists and groups of Words • audio pronunciations • a straightforward interface that is easy to teach to and intuitive for students to use • an animated and interactive how To learn a Word guide • the ability to create unique word lists for students, groups and the whole class spell-Write online will be available in Term 2 of 2015.
Visit spellwrite.nz and leave us your contact details – we’ll get in touch as soon as Spell-Write Online is launched.
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