Catherine Ruth Wylie is a New Zealand academic, and is Emeritus Chief Research at the

New Zealand Council for Educational Research The New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) is an independent, educational research organisation that provides educators, students, parents, policy makers, and the public with innovative and independent research, analysis, and advice ...

, specialising in the impacts of educational policy.

Academic career

Wylie completed a

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titled ''Reflective Surfaces: the Individual as the Key Social Relationship in New Zealand Society'' at

Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington ( mi, Te Herenga Waka) is a university in Wellington, New Zealand. It was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. The university is well know ...

in 1980. Wylie joined NZCER in 1987. From 1989, she led the National School Surveys. She also conducted a longitudinal study called ''Competent Learners'', which tracked a group of students from the end of their early childhood education through to age 26. The research findings influenced both educational policy and practice. Wylie also led the development of the ''Teaching and School Practices survey tool,'' a research-based tool for schools. Wylie's 2012 book ''Vital connections'' was critical of the impact of the Tomorrow's Schools reforms, and recommended changes to the competitive self-managed schools model to create better connections between schools and create more equal opportunities for learners. Wylie has also advocated for a single agency to take on some of the roles of the

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, the

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, and the

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. Wylie was appointed as part of the five-person review panel for Tomorrow's Schools, which produced a 2018 report.

Honours and awards

In the

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, Wylie was appointed a

Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order of merit in the New Zealand royal honours system. It was established by royal warrant on 30 May 1996 by Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have ren ...

, for services to education. She received the New Zealand Association of Educational Research's McKenzie Award in 2010.

Selected works

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References

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