John O'NeillJohn O'Neill

John O'Neill is Professor of Teacher Education and Director of the Institute of Education at Massey University. His research interests include the relationships between education policy and teachers' work and learning; educational charities; and informal teaching and learning in everyday settings.

A glowing school report for NZ? In part – but beware the shallow score-keeping

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The real value of assessments such as TIMSS and PISA lies not so much in the crude comparisons as the painstaking analysis of particular strengths and weaknesses that revealed in our students’ performance in particular areas of the curriculum, writes John O’Neill. The last fortnight has seen the release of results in the 2015 Trends … Read more