NCEA fees scrapped, literacy and numeracy benchmarks brought in “NCEA fees scrapped, literacy and numeracy benchmarks brought in.” 1 News now, news, 13 May 2019, tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/ncea-fees-scrapped-literacy-and-numeracy-benchmarks-brought-in Key Points: Level one of the NCEA will stay, and the number of credits required to get each level will drop from 80 to 60. students will not be allowed to resubmit assignments unless they are trying to improve from a fail grade. There will be a new externally-marked 20-credit literacy and numeracy benchmark. The standards would be externally graded, to avoid increasing teacher workload and to guarantee credibility, There will be fewer achievement standards for each subject, but each would be broader. "This is worth celebrating in itself, but also as a signal that the system priorities are shifting back towards student experiences and outcomes in practical ways, not just on paper," said NZSTA Preside...
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