NCEA failure rate worse than official figures show, with unqualified teens missing from data
New Zealand's NCEA failure rate is larger and worsening than reported, with thousands of unqualified teenagers excluded from official statistics.
New Zealand's NCEA underachievement problem is bigger than previously thought, according to new analysis. Official data has been missing unqualified teenagers who never reach Level 1 or leave without finishing Level 2. The actual failure rate is both higher and continuing to worsen beyond what the published figures indicate.
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NCEA underachievement: NZ’s failure rate is bigger than we thought and worsening
Data misses unqualified teens who have no Level 1 and leave without finishing Level 2.