Curriculum Insights

Tomorrow (Wednesday) at 3:30pm, we are hosting a science and maths learning area webinar.

Join us to hear from our experts about how this knowledge can inform your teaching.

Register here:
https://curriculuminsights.otago.ac.nz/webinars/

🛎️Just a reminder, our Social Science and English webinar is at 3:30pm TODAY 🛎️

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Missed our latest webinar on the 2025 Foundation Assessments in maths, reading, and writing?

Watch the full recording and hear the study team walk through the key findings shaping the emerging picture of ākonga achievement.

Watch now: https://curriculuminsights.otago.ac.nz/news/reports-release-webinar-maths-reading-writing-2025/

🛎️Reminder: Our webinar is TODAY at 3:30pm! 🛎️

Interested in hearing from our study team about how ākonga are doing in reading, writing, and maths?

Join us! Sign up here: https://curriculuminsights.otago.ac.nz/webinars/

Our Conceptual Lead, Dr Charles Darr, had some important things to say about the trends we want to see as researchers into student progress.
New Zealand Council for Educational Research - NZCER

New English, maths primary curriculums had little effect on achievement, first results show Assessments were conducted less than a year after the primary school curriculums became mandatory, and the government says the results are to be expected.

🛎️WEBINAR THIS WEDNESDAY 3:30pm 🛎️

Following the release of our 2025 reports on maths, reading, and writing, we will be hosting a webinar and we warmly invite schools and kaiako to engage directly with the research and the study team.

To support the release, we are hosting a webinar this Wednesday at 3:30 pm, where members of the study team will walk through key findings and answer questions from schools and kaiako.

Register on our website. https://curriculuminsights.otago.ac.nz/webinars/

New Foundation Assessment Reports in Maths, Reading, and Writing have just been released.

What Curriculum Insights found was that student achievement remains stable during the rollout of the refreshed curriculum, with small improvements emerging in some areas.

“Raising achievement for all learners across the motu is a significant, long-term challenge. The stability in results from 2024 to 2025, alongside small gains in some areas, is encouraging—especially in a time of curriculum change and realignment”, says Charles Darr, Conceptual Lead for Curriculum Insights.

"The results point to the commitment across schools and communities to build strong learning foundations for every learner.”

2025 Foundation Assessments Reports released Assessing and understanding the achievement of primary school students across the New Zealand curriculum. The NMSSA programme has been in operation since 2012.

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