NEW ZEALAND'S NATIONAL MONITORING PROJECT: THE FIRST FOUR YEAR CYCLE, 1995 to 1998.
PART 1    
BACKGROUND
PURPOSE
ORGANISATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF NEMP
   Random Samples of Schools and Students
   Learning Areas Assessed
   Curriculum Advisory Panels
   Task Administration and Marking
   Approaches to Assessment
   Low Stakes, High Impact Assessment
   Reporting NEMP Results
PART 2    
NINE DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES
NUMBERS OF ASSESSMENT TASKS
PERFORMANCE OF SUBGROUPS ACROSS THE FIRST FOUR YEARS
   Gender Differences
   Mäori / Non-Mäori Differences
   Socio-Economic Differences
   School Size Differences
   School Type Differences
   Geographic Zone Differences
   Community Size Differences
   Proportion of Mäori Students in Schools
   Proportion of Pacific Island Students in Schools
     
The National Education Monitoring Project is conducted by the
Educational Assessment Research Unit, University of Otago,
under contract to the New Zealand Ministry of Education.