Articles and presentations

Student Engagement in the Middle Years of Schooling (Years 7-10): A Literature Review

by Robyn Gibbs and Jenny Poskitt

Find out more about student engagement and the relationship between academic engagement and student achievement. What can teachers do to raise levels of student engagement within their classes and schools? This ministry-commissioned report focuses on years 7 to 10.

National Standards - not one test, not one day, not one classroom

by Brenda Weal and Selena Hinchco

This article discusses the use of evidence from student work in technology to inform Overall Teacher Judgments for National Standards, using the example of Jack, a Year six student. It describes how he uses reading,writing and mathematics in technology and outlines how evidence of his learning is used by his teacher when making an Overall Teacher Judgment.