NCEA Achievement and Unit Standards list
Martine Udahemuka made this Official Information request to New Zealand Qualifications Authority
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From: Martine Udahemuka
Dear New Zealand Qualifications Authority,
I am requesting a list of NCEA Achievement and Unit Standards, in EXCEL or another suitable database format under the Official Information Act. I would prefer an electronic response and am a NZ Citizen & Resident for the purposes of the Act.
I would expect the following information from this request for each standard:
* Title
* Standard number
* Type (Unit/Achievement)
* Version number
* Credits
* Category
* Whether it is eligible as a literacy or numeracy standard
If possible, please also include learning outcomes.
I understand this information is presented on the NZQA website already, however, it is not easily processed and there is no clear way to download this information. Additionally, this does not show expired standards. If it is not possible to provide the above information, I am requesting the database used to produce this website (http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search...).
Finally, could this spreadsheet also be made available and updated continually on the NZQA website?
Yours faithfully,
Martine Udahemuka
From: Team Mailbox HelpDesk Call Centre
New Zealand Qualifications Authority
Hi Martine
I have forwarded your email to our Official Information Act team.
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From: Team Mailbox NZQA Ministerials
New Zealand Qualifications Authority
Dear Martine
Thank you for your Official Information Request of 1 June 2017 seeking the following information:
"I am requesting a list of NCEA Achievement and Unit Standards, in EXCEL or another suitable database format under the Official Information Act. I would prefer an electronic response and am a NZ Citizen & Resident for the purposes of the Act.
I would expect the following information from this request for each standard:
* Title
* Standard number
* Type (Unit/Achievement)
* Version number
* Credits
* Category
* Whether it is eligible as a literacy or numeracy standard
If possible, please also include learning outcomes.
I understand this information is presented on the NZQA website already, however, it is not easily processed and there is no clear way to download this information. Additionally, this does not show expired standards. If it is not possible to provide the above information, I am requesting the database used to produce this website (http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search...).
Finally, could this spreadsheet also be made available and updated continually on the NZQA website?"
You can expect to receive a response to your request on or before 30 June 2017. You will be contacted again if there is a likelihood that this timeframe cannot be met.
For any enquiries about your request please contact the NZQA Ministerials team at [email address]
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Regards
NZQA Ministerials.
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From: Team Mailbox NZQA Ministerials
New Zealand Qualifications Authority
Hi Martine
Further to your request below, could you provide us with an alternative email address or contact phone number. Or please contact us on 0800 697 296 and ask to speak to one of the Ministerials team.
This will assist us in providing you with information to enable you to access the data you are seeking.
Many thanks
NZQA Ministerials
New Zealand Qualifications Authority
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From: Martine Udahemuka
Dear Team Mailbox NZQA Ministerials,
My phone number is [phone number redacted], and an alternative email address is
[email address]
Yours sincerely,
Martine Udahemuka
From: Team Mailbox NZQA Ministerials
New Zealand Qualifications Authority
Hi Martine
Thank you for your prompt response. I will be in touch as soon as we are ready to send you our response.
Warm regards
NZQA Ministerials team
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N Gyles left an annotation ()
Pleasingly, NZQA have now made Standards data publicly available on data.gov:
catalogue.data.govt.nz/dataset/list-of-standards-by-category
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Richard Thorpe left an annotation ()
I would expect this not to present any great difficulty to NZQA. Such a file (the units.txt file) is already available on their website to people with educational provider logins, although it doesn't include learning outcomes, or expired units, and distinguishes achievement standards only by their number.
It doesn't list literacy and numeracy units/achievement standards either but those can be found at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualifications-s...
and
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualifications-s...
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