2016 Stand-downs, suspensions, Monitoring report on Min Ed data across all schools, 2001-2015. Suspensions etc. have fallen steadily since 2001. For exclusions and expulsions from suspensions etc. data Presentation of data broken down by type drug-related and smoking/alcohol behaviours, the school in NZ schools (suspension, stand-down etc.), quintile, ethnicity, rate of suspensions etc. has plummeted. Focus on Ministry of Education, New age, gender and by behaviour type. achieving target of 85% of 18-year olds achieving Zealand. NCEA Level 2 or an equivalent qualification has focused attention on suspensions, which are predominantly a secondary school issue. The monitoring report notes: "Research emphasises the importance of proactive partnerships with parents and a strategy focused on both achievement and behaviour. Approaches that are focused only on disciplinary or pastoral responses have been found to be ineffective for positive outcomes." (p3) 2016 Transient Students New Zealand Methodology not clear from publication. Brief Students who have moved school twice or more Ministry of Education, New transience data findings and graph do not discuss any across Year 9 to Year are less than half as likely Zealand. monitoring report. confounding issues that might impact on students' to achieve NCEA Level 2 or above by the time they Brief findings of lower pass rates at NCEA level 2. leave school compared to those who have not relationship between moved school. transience and NCEA Students who have not moved school from Year 9 results. to Year 11 achieve NCEA Level 2 or above at a rate of 82% by the time they leave school, compared to those who have moved school twice or more who achieve NCEA Level 2 or above at a rate of 35%. The report notes (not referenced) that "a recent study found that school movement had an even stronger effect on educational success than residential movement."
2016 Stand-downs, suspensions, exclusions and expulsions from school Ministry of Education, New Zealand. Monitoring report on suspensions etc. data in NZ schools Min Ed data across all schools, 2001-2015. Presentation of data broken down by type (suspension, stand-down etc.), quintile, ethnicity, age, gender and by behaviour type. Suspensions etc. have fallen steadily since 2001. For drug-related and smoking/alcohol behaviours, the rate of suspensions etc. has plummeted. Focus on achieving target of 85% of 18-year olds achieving NCEA Level 2 or an equivalent qualification has focused attention on suspensions, which are predominantly a secondary school issue. The monitoring report notes: "Research emphasises the importance of proactive partnerships with parents and a strategy focused on both achievement and behaviour. Approaches that are focused only on disciplinary or pastoral responses have been found to be ineffective for positive outcomes." (p3) 2016 Transient Students Ministry of Education, New Zealand. New Zealand transience data monitoring report. Brief findings of relationship between transience and NCEA results. Methodology not clear from publication. Brief findings and graph do not discuss any confounding issues that might impact on students' lower pass rates at NCEA level 2. Students who have moved school twice or more across Year 9 to Year are less than half as likely to achieve NCEA Level 2 or above by the time they leave school compared to those who have not moved school. Students who have not moved school from Year 9 to Year 11 achieve NCEA Level 2 or above at a rate of 82% by the time they leave school, compared to those who have moved school twice or more who achieve NCEA Level 2 or above at a rate of 35%. The report notes (not referenced) that "a recent study found that school movement had an even stronger effect on educational success than residential movement."
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