A recent history of school qualifications
About this episode
Michael discusses the history and future of school qualifications in New Zealand with Doug Blackmur.
In this episode, Michael talks with Doug Blackmur, former chief executive of NZQA, about the qualification model developed in the late 1990s and how it became NCEA. Their conversation ranges across the changes the model underwent, grade inflation in schools and universities, the argument for moving assessment to independent bodies, and the new system set to replace NCEA.
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