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Educators say we need to give clearer instructions to avoid overloading children's brains.

Educators say we need to give clearer instructions to avoid overloading children's brains.

Findings from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) have uncovered historic declines in student performance nationwide since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Local school districts have worked to

Photo: 123RF The Principals Federation says achievement in maths and science in particular should be ringing alarm bells and schools need more direction on what they should be teaching and the best ways to teach it. In a letter to the secretary for education, Iona Holsted, the federation's president, Perry Rush, said New Zealand's falling scores had not provoked an urgent response and the lack of "thought leadership" was a serious weakness. Holsted responded with a letter that said the Ministry of Education (MOE) was already working on the problems the federation raised and schools already ha...

New Zealand's bad results in an international maths and science test are being blamed on factors including grouping children by their ability and the previous government's national standards in reading, writing and maths. Scores for New Zealand nine and 13-year-olds fell in both subjects in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, with the 13-year-olds recording their worst results ever - 482 for maths and 499 for science. That was significantly lower than countries New Zealand traditionally compares itself to such as Australia and England where average scores exceeded 500, ...