Just over half of students passed the compulsory numeracy course in May – down more than five percentage points on last year.

Barely half the teens who attempted the critical NCEA exam earlier this year passed.

The secondary teachers' union isn't alarmed by a drop in students passing a key NCEA numeracy assessment. Just over half passed the compulsory NCEA maths co-requisite assessment in May, more than five ...

Failure rates for literacy and numeracy tests over 50 percent in Northland and South Auckland (4 min 39 sec) Most Tai Tokerau and South Auckland teenagers who sat NCEA literacy and numeracy tests in ...

Thousands more high school students are passing the foundational literacy and numeracy assessments required for NCEA, clear evidence the Government’s relentless focus on the basics is delivering ...

NCEA attainment could drop after the new literacy and numeracy standards are introduced next year, according to a minister’s briefing report. The report, released on Wednesday, advised Associate ...

Nearly half the teenagers who sat the first run of new NCEA maths and writing tests earlier this year failed. The Ministry of Education (MOE) said 41,000 secondary school students attempted some or ...

Secondary students will be required to pass a literacy and numeracy test to gain their NCEA qualification. Less than half of students passed the writing standard in the third pilot of the new NCEA ...

Students at Rongotai College in Wellington were among 8000 students nationally who sat NCEA online last year. Photo / File Students are "in shock" over a maths exam that has stumped even some of their ...

“The results released today of the first assessment event show we need more time to embed the new Literacy & Communication and Maths Strategy and Hei Raukura Mō Te Mokopuna to increase students’ ...