Achievement in Te Teo Māori for Priority Learner Groups 6 This chapter reports on achievement for priority learners: students, Pasifika students and students Māori with special education needs groups of students who have been identified as historically not experiencing – success in New education system. Achievement patterns for each group are examined separately. Zealand’s The final section of the chapter presents summary statistics for the students in each group who scored above the national average at Year 4 and Year 8. As for the previous chapter, any reported differences between groups are statistically significant unless stated otherwise. Achievement patterns for Māori students Māori students participating in the study Table 6.1 provides the number of students who were administered the TRM assessment at each year Māori level by gender and school decile band. At each year level, students represented about 25 percent of Māori the national sample. Table 6.1 Composition of the Māori samples for the 2016 NMSSA TRM assessment Number of Māori students Year 4 Year 8 N = 564 N = 511 Gender Girls 268 229 Boys 296 282 School decile Low 203 192 Mid 247 231 High 114 88
6 Achievement in Te Teo Māori for Priority Learner Groups This chapter reports on achievement for priority learners: Māori students, Pasifika students and students with special education needs – groups of students who have been identified as historically not experiencing success in New Zealand’s education system. Achievement patterns for each group are examined separately. The final section of the chapter presents summary statistics for the students in each group who scored above the national average at Year 4 and Year 8. As for the previous chapter, any reported differences between groups are statistically significant unless stated otherwise. Achievement patterns for Māori students Māori students participating in the study Table 6.1 provides the number of Māori students who were administered the TRM assessment at each year level by gender and school decile band. At each year level, Māori students represented about 25 percent of the national sample. Table 6.1 Composition of the Māori samples for the 2016 NMSSA TRM assessment Number of Māori students Year 4 N = 564 Year 8 N = 511 Gender Girls 268 229 Boys 296 282 School decile Low 203 192 Mid 247 231 High 114 88
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