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Chamberlain, Megan C.; Medina, Emma J. – Australian Journal of Education, 2020
Australia and New Zealand have participated in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Programme for International Student Assessment since 2000. Reading literacy was the main focus of the Programme for International Student Assessment in 2000, and at that time both countries' students generally performed well above the…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Literacy, Economically Disadvantaged, Achievement Gap
Gwilliam, Marilyn; Limbrick, Libby – Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2016
The school in which this research project took place, Papatoetoe Central, was concerned about research evidence that indicated students' reading achievement dropped after long summer breaks. This drop in achievement, known as "the summer effect", has been reported in schools in New Zealand and internationally (Alexander, Entwisle, &…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Reading Programs, Vacations, Reading Achievement
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Smith, Jeffrey K.; Smith, Lisa F.; Gilmore, Alison; Jameson, Madgerie – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
Using data from New Zealand's National Education Monitoring Project, a light sampling, low stakes performance based national school assessment program, reading self-efficacy, reading enjoyment, and reading achievement were examined in samples of 8 and 12 year old children. Sample sizes were n = 480 for each group. While reading achievement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Ability, Teaching Methods, Self Efficacy