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Annual Investment: $3,000 (GST excl)*

This comprehensive solution provides a deep dive into senior secondary achievement, featuring four specialised dashboards designed to evaluate NCEA data at every level of your school’s structure.

• Subject dashboard: Delivers a granular analysis of NCEA data for individual subjects, including standard-level grades, internal vs. external credit splits, and course endorsements.
• Curriculum Area Level dashboard: Aggregates NCEA data for all subjects within a specific curriculum area (e.g., all Level 2 Social Sciences), making it an ideal tool for areas featuring multiple smaller subjects.
• Year Level dashboard: Provides a unified view of NCEA grades and credits for all subjects within a specific NCEA level to monitor cohort-wide performance.
• NCEA Qualification dashboard: Offers high-level analysis of year-level qualifications, including NCEA Levels 1, 2, 3, and University Entrance.
• Statistical Analysis: All dashboards perform independent sample statistical testing for longitudinal comparisons (year-on-year) and cross-sectional comparisons (e.g., Māori vs. non-Māori). The Qualification dashboard also includes one-sample testing for theoretical comparisons against national rates.
• Expert Data Coaching: Includes a one-off 5 hours of initial data coaching during the first year to support high-level leader involvement, followed by a 1-hour review at the start of every subsequent year.

Annual Investment: $1,500 (GST excl)* per assessment type

We provide dedicated packages for various assessment frameworks, including SMART, NZCER (e.g., PAT, STAR, STWE), e-asTTle, Overall Teacher Judgments, and PACT.

• Achievement Dashboard: Specifically designed to evaluate student achievement at the end of each term. Examples include PAT Achievement and e-asTTle Achievement dashboards
• Progress Dashboard: Built to track learning impact and student growth throughout the year or across multiple years. Examples include PAT Progress and e-asTTle Progress dashboards.
• Statistical Analysis: Includes independent sample testing for longitudinal and cross-sectional comparisons, one-sample testing for national benchmarks, and the ability to compare all teaching groups to school-wide norms using the analysis of means.
• Expert Data Coaching: Features a one-off 3 hours of initial data coaching during the first year, followed by a 1-hour review at both the beginning and end of every subsequent year.

Annual Investment: $3,000 (GST excl)* (reduced to $1,500 for subscribers of our NCEA and relevant Junior Assessment packages)

This package provides a unified dashboard linking junior assessment data directly to NCEA qualification outcomes.

• Long-Term Impact Insights: Models the trajectory from junior schooling to senior success. Here is an example linking Year 9 PAT data and specific initiatives to NCEA Level 3 and University Entrance attainment.
• Advanced Statistical Modelling: Utilises ordinal logistic regression to move beyond simple achievement reporting, disaggregating how specific teaching initiatives impact long-term student learning and success.
• Expert Data Coaching: Features a one-off 3 hours of initial data coaching during the first year to establish your systems, followed by a 1-hour review at the start of every subsequent year.

We offer expert-led data coaching workshops specifically designed to support every stage of the Data-Informed Teaching Initiative Cycle. These sessions empower school leaders and staff to move beyond raw numbers toward meaningful school improvement.

The costs for our online workshops are scaled by duration. For in-person workshop pricing, please contact us directly.

Costs (excl GST)
1 hour: $275
2 hours: $500
3 hours: $670
4 hours: $1000

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Leadership & Strategy

• Data-Informed Teaching Initiative (2h): A theory-based workshop where leaders discuss research and share intuitive insights regarding school strengths, weaknesses, and plans for improvement.
• Initiative Planning (3h): Supports Stage 9 of the Cycle. Leaders review staff suggestions to plan specific improvement initiatives and develop data collection resources to monitor implementation.
• Implementation Evaluation (3h): Supports Stages 13–14 of the Cycle. Leaders evaluate the success of an initiative using collected process data and decide whether to modify or embed the practice.

Practical Data Analysis

• Initial Assessment Analysis & Presentation (3–5h): Supports Stages 1–4 of the Cycle. Leaders use Sound Data dashboards to identify significant trends in student outcomes and prepare findings to share with the wider staff.
• Final Assessment Analysis (3h): Supports Stages 1–4 of the Cycle. A practical session for leaders to evaluate if their initiatives have significantly improved target student outcomes.

Whole-Staff Engagement

• Hypothesis Formation (3h): Supports Stages 4–6 of the Cycle. Staff examine leadership findings, hypothesise causes for specific outcomes, and begin collecting data to test these theories.
• Hypotheses Review & Initiative Planning (3h): Supports Stages 7–9 of the Cycle. Staff report on their data gathering, determine if hypotheses are viable, and suggest specific improvement initiatives.
• Selected Initiative Presentation (3h): Supports Stage 10 of the Cycle. Leaders present finalised initiative plans and monitoring strategies to the staff to gather final feedback.