色诱直播 Insights papers are intended to draw on our data and information to provide insights into qualification, assessment, and quality assurance matters.
Insights papers have a particular focus on equity issues, good practice and bringing to life administrative data that will support education system improvement.
Teaching practice that results in successful achievement for M膩ori and Pacific learners
Published February 2026
This Insights paper highlights tertiary education practices that support successful achievement outcomes for M膩ori and Pacific learners, identifying common, culturally responsive quality practices embedded across very different providers, learner cohorts, industries, and delivery models.
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Digital assessment for NCEA
Published May 2025
This paper looks at digital assessment uptake in schools and kura. It also discusses the benefits of digital NCEA assessments for students, and our research on student experiences with digital assessment and their achievement compared to paper-based assessment.
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NCEA Achievement 鈥� six indicators showing change over time
Published July 2024
This paper looks at six indicators that unpack how NCEAs are achieved, then examines the differences when you break down an indicator according to the socio-economic barriers that students face.
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Exploring good practice in tertiary education
Real-world examples of good practice in tertiary education
Published July 2024
Stories of provider success against 色诱直播鈥檚 tertiary evaluation indicators, an important part of the external evaluation and review (EER) process. In particular, this paper focuses on provider performance against the 'programmes match needs' indicator.
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Stories of good practice in action
Published July 2024
EER Evaluators build close relationships with providers, and through their roles are witness to lots of good practice in action. This paper covers more success stories from non-university tertiary education.
Poipoia kia pu膩wai - How schools support 膩konga M膩ori and Pacific students to attain University Entrance
Published June 2024
Poipoia kia pu膩wai is our latest Insights paper. This report examines key aspects and the approaches that schools adopted to support 膩konga M膩ori and Pacific students to attain University Entrance (UE).
The research, undertaken by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER), looked at six schools with above-average UE attainment for 膩konga M膩ori and Pacific students, exploring the foundations of their success and the initiatives these schools carried out to support UE attainment.
He Muka Herenga Tangata - Embedding m膩tauranga M膩ori within programmes
Published March 2024
Tertiary education organisations (TEOs) are at various stages in their journey to weave m膩tauranga M膩ori into non-m膩tauranga M膩ori programmes of learning. 色诱直播 has met with some TEOs to talk with them about how they have been able to do this. We have named this project He Muka Herenga Tangata.
The project aims to develop a community within which TEOs can safely reflect on where they are in their journey and how they might improve their practice for the sake of their 膩konga. This paper tells the journey of SAE 鈥� Creative Media Institute.
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Video: He Muka Herenga Tangata - The SAE story (5:50 mins)
Ng膩 whai painga o Te Ao Haka: The positive impacts of Te Ao Haka
Published in 2023
What happens when a subject like Te Ao Haka is given mana orite (equal status) in Aotearoa's school system?
Ng膩 whai painga o Te Ao Haka: The positive impacts of Te Ao Haka for 膩konga, wh膩nau, and kaiako is a kaupapa M膩ori research study that was conducted by Rangahau M膩tauranga o Aotearoa, New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER).
Read the report and learn about the benefits for 膩konga M膩ori, wh膩nau, and kaiako.
Read the summary of the full report [PDF, 774 KB]
The full report sets out how the research was done and the benefits that were observed.
Supporting Equity for M膩ori and Pacific students in New Zealand Scholarship
Published 8 June 2023
This paper aims to help schools consider their practises for identifying students to enter for New Zealand Scholarship (Scholarship) and the support provided to students; and makes recommendations that schools might consider to provide more equitable opportunities for M膩ori and Pacific students.
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St Peter's College case study: It's worth the effort
Published August 2024
Improving relevance and responsiveness
Aotearoa New Zealand鈥檚 early micro-credentials journey
Published 21 September 2022
This paper looks at why 色诱直播 added micro-credentials to the New Zealand Qualifications Framework, and what we have learned.
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Aotearoa New Zealand鈥檚 rationale for micro-credentials
Published 21 September 2022
This paper looks at why we added micro-credentials to the New Zealand Qualifications Framework 3 years ago.
NCEA pathways through senior secondary
Published 17 June 2022
This paper looks at five data signposts which can indicate whether 膩konga M膩ori and Pacific students at secondary school are on equitable pathways to academic success.
University Entrance: Do current programmes lead to equity for 膩konga M膩ori and Pacific students?
Published 17 June 2022
This paper examines some of the conditions which contribute to M膩ori and Pacific students being awarded University Entrance at half the rate of other students.