Technical Information 2014: Social Studies and English: Reading
In 2014, the National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA) assessed student achievement at Year 4 and Year 8 in two areas of the New Zealand Curriculum (NZC) – English: reading and social studies. This report provides technical information for social studies and English: reading.
Author(s): Educational Assessment Research Unit and New Zealand Council for Educational Research. Report for the Ministry of Education.
Date Published: July 2016
This report is available as a download (please refer to the 'Downloads' inset box). For links to related publications/ information that may be of interest please refer to the 'Where to Find Out More' inset box.
This report contains the following:
Information for Social Studies and English: Reading:
- Sample characteristics for 2014.
- Applying weights to the 2014 NMSSA samples.
- Design effects for the 2014 NMSSA samples.
Information for Social Studies:
- The NMSSA Social Studies assessment framework.
- Regression analysis: the interaction between ethnicity and decile for social studies.
Information for English Reading:
- The knowledge and application of Reading in English assessment framework.
- Curriculum alignment in NMSSA English: Reading 2014.
- Regression analysis: interaction between ethnicity and decile for English: reading.
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