Numeracy

Literacy and Numeracy|New Zealand Curriculum

About Numeracy

Numeracy is a foundational skill that enables access to further learning, develops important life skills, and allows people to fully engage in work and in their communities.

Learners credited with Numeracy standards can:

  • formulate mathematical and statistical approaches to solving problems in a range of meaningful situations

  • use mathematics and statistics to meet the numeracy demands of a range of meaningful situations

  • explain the reasonableness of mathematical and statistical responses to situations.

Literacy and Numeracy co-requisite

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Standard and assessment specifications

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Assessment resources and past assessments

Numeracy assessment resources

Past assessments, specifications, exemplars, and assessment schedules and reports

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Past digital assessments

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What is Numeracy about?

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Teaching Numeracy

Information about embedding Numeracy across the curriculum and effective practices

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Determining readiness

Guidance on determining if ākonga are ready to sit a Numeracy assessment

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