Changes in the works for decile system

By EducationHQ News Team
Published March 15, 2016

Funding schools based on students' individual risk of under-achievement is one of the options on the table as the government considers a shake-up of the decile system.

WELLINGTON, March 15 - The Ministry of Education is looking at using sophisticated new data to allocate extra funding to those ...

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Changes in the works for decile system

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