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Showing posts with label Failure rate in low income schools. Show all posts
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Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Ele Ludemann: Is test or ability the problem?


Is the problem of failure with the method of testing or with the pupils’ ability:

Principals from schools in the country’s poorest communities have united to call for an end to new NCEA reading, writing and maths tests.

They warn the online tests will create a generation of school-leavers with no qualifications and most will be Māori or Pacific.