New Zealand Post Primary Teachers' Association / Te Wehengarua (PPTA) members teaching year 7 and 8 students were surveyed in 2010 to find out how many were affected by the implementation of National Standards, and whether any of these members were also tasked with making National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) changes at the same time. This survey was part of a larger investigation regarding members perceptions of NCEA workload pressures. .
PPTA members and National Standards: Report on assessment workload survey
PPTA members, National Standards and assessment workload
Not all of the 519 respondents who taught and assessed at Year 7 and 8 were experiencing increased workload from the National Standards, but around 50% were. It is important to remember that the National Standards are in Reading, Writing and Mathematics, so those respondents who are doing specialist teaching in other subjects at Years 7 and 8, e.g. Technology teachers, Music teachers, or Visual Arts teachers, may be less directly involved with the implementation of the National Standards.
Teachers in specialist subject areas show little enthusiasm for National Standards
From this survey there is little evidence of enthusiasm for National Standards from PPTA members who teach in Years 7 and 8. There is also a common perception that the National Standards have nothing to do with them because of the specialist subject(s) they are teaching, despite the government’s encouragement of schools to involve all curriculum areas in the development of students’ reading, writing and maths and in the collection of evidence against the Standards.
The implementation of National Standards alongside NCEA change is having a negative impact on the workloads of many teachers
Many PPTA members who teach and assess in Years 7 and 8, either in a Year 7-13 or 7-10 school or in an area school, are experiencing negative impacts on their workloads and stress levels from the implementation of National Standards. The 70% of respondents who are also tasked with implementing revised achievement standards are being doubly affected.
PPTA members and National Standards: Report on assessment workload survey
PPTA conducted an online survey of its members in Term 4 2010. The purpose of the survey was primarily to establish a detailed picture of the impacts on secondary teachers’ workloads of the NCEA changes that are being implemented between 2011 and 2013. An additional purpose was to find out how many PPTA members were affected by the implementation of National Standards. The results of the NCEA workload survey are published in The cost of change : PPTA survey on NCEA workload 2010.
The cost of change : PPTA survey on NCEA workload 2010
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