Taking short constructive breaks while reading a textbook—to jot down questions, for example—every 15 minutes or so amplifies learning and retention. Jacob Lund/Shutterstock
New Zealand is abandoning its National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA)—a complex system which awards “credits” for even simple tasks—and returning to marking students out of 100, with grades it says will “make sense to parents,” like A, B, C, D, and E.
The changes were announced today by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Education Minister Erica Stanford.
