Literacy and Numeracy

This section of the website outlines the Ministry of Education's Literacy and Numeracy Strategy, and covers aspects that relate to both literacy and numeracy.

Literacy and Numeracy Strategy

Read the Literacy Taskforce report, which provided the direction to the strategy, and other background material about the aims of the strategy. See also the Revised National Guidelines for reporting requirements.

Research and evaluation

Read details of research that has informed the Ministry's Literacy and Numeracy Strategy, and evaluations of programmes that have operated under the strategy.

Māori in mainstream

The interim evaluation of the Mainstream Māori Pilot – Te Kauhau, a professional development model to enhance teacher effectiveness, is available here.

Pasifika initiatives

Read summaries of the Ministry-funded initiatives that address the particular needs of schools and communities where there are significant numbers of Pasifika students.

English for speakers of other languages

The Ministry of Education is reviewing, refining, and expanding the language and literacy programmes for ESOL students in order to meet particular needs of specific groups of these students.

Working with the community

Here are programmes that have been developed to build capability of the community to work with its learners.

Assessment tools

Read summaries of assessment tools that are available under the Ministry's National Assessment Strategy to help schools and teachers gather, analyse, and use good quality assessment information for achievement in both literacy and numeracy.

Case studies

Link to the stories and case studies about schools that have been funded under the Pasifika Home-School Partnership, the Literacy Leadership programme.