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Should teens sit high stakes NCEA tests before they're ready?
Should teens sit high-stakes NCEA literacy and numeracy tests before they are ready? It's a question confronting schools up and down the country as they prepare for the second round of reading, writing and maths corequisite tests next week. Students have to pass the tests before they leave school or complete certain NCEA standards in order to receive any NCEA qualifications, education correspondent John Gerritsen explains.