![]() The documents obtained by RNZ showed that in October last year the ministry requested changes including fewer questions, the use of simpler language, allowing students to use spell-checking software, and providing a paper-based option if students did not want to sit the tests online. Students would be able to attempt the tests multiple times and the assessments would be available twice a year. The tests will be become a compulsory part of NCEA in 2024 when students must pass all three assessments before they can be awarded any NCEA qualification. RNZ understands officials were worried by high failure rates in trial runs of the tests last year and in 2021.Ī pilot run in the middle of last year with mostly Year 10 students had pass rates of 34 percent in writing, 56 percent in maths, and 64 percent in reading. ![]() NZQA responded in November dismissing the ministry's requests and suggesting the ministry was not respecting its expertise in setting tests. It also asked for more input into design, delivery and marking of assessments. The Education Ministry told the qualification authority (NZQA) in October that test design factors could be making them more difficult than they should be, the documents showed. Documents obtained by RNZ show the Ministry of Education and Qualifications Authority have been at loggerheads over high failure rates in new literacy and numeracy tests.
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