ERIC Number: ED557092
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Mar
Pages: 69
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 978-1-74286-266-8
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Class 6 Proficiency in Afghanistan 2013: Outcomes of a Learning Assessment of Mathematical, Reading and Writing Literacy
Lumley, Tom; Mendelovits, Juliette; Stanyon, Rachel; Turner, Ross; Walker, Maurice
Australian Council for Educational Research
In 2012, the Ministry of Education, Afghanistan, engaged the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) as a partner to support the development of a national learning assessment program in Afghanistan. To achieve this goal, the Learning Assessment unit of the Ministry of Education and ACER have collaborated to design and implement the Monitoring Trends in Educational Growth (MTEG) program in Afghanistan. MTEG is designed as a long-term monitoring program with one focus on trends in achievement outcomes in single class levels over time, and another focus on the growth of achievement in cohorts throughout the school cycle, from Class 3 through to Class 9. This paper presents the results of an assessment of mathematical, reading and writing literacy of Class 6 students in 13 provinces in Afghanistan, based on data collected in late 2013. Appended are: (1) Main Assessment Framework Variables; and (2) Example Calibrated Scale. [The MTEG 2013 assessment of Class 6 students in Afghanistan was a collaboration between the Centre for Global Education Monitoring at the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER-GEM) and the Ministry of Education, Afghanistan.]
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis, Academic Achievement, Progress Monitoring, Reading Ability, Mathematics Achievement, Writing Achievement, Reading Achievement, Reading Tests, Mathematics Tests, Writing Tests, Literacy, Outcomes of Education, Grade 6, Elementary School Students
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Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Grade 6; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; Elementary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: World Bank
Authoring Institution: Australian Council for Educational Research
Identifiers - Location: Afghanistan
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Progress in International Reading Literacy Study; Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
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