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The numbers don’t add up: why the government needs to slow down on sweeping changes to NZ’s maths curriculum

By David Pomeroy, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics Education, University of Canterbury
Lisa Darragh, Lecturer in mathematics education, Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

Structured maths has been put forward as the answer to New Zealand’s mathematics test results. But the government’s rationale for sweeping changes are based on numbers that don’t tell the full story.

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