PASEC 2019 Fact Sheet
- 2016–2017: framework and instrument development
- 2018 (April-May): field trial
- 2019 (April-May): data collection
- 2020 (December): release of international reports
- 2020 (December): release of international database
- Study the level of efficiency and equity of primary education systems, as well as changes in the achievement of these objectives in the countries concerned.
- Identify those factors influencing quality and educational equity that are applicable to primary education systems, schools, teachers, and students.
- Provide national policy makers in the Francophone countries with indicators for monitoring and mutual comparison.
- Contribute to the country-level development of national education systems and foster research through a knowledge community.
- Disseminate evaluation results at the national and international levels.
- Early mathematics
- Mathematics
- Early reading and language
- Reading comprehension
- Teaching reading comprehension
- Teaching mathematics
ACHIEVEMENT TEST
Students
Grade 2
- Language
- Listening comprehension
- Reading-decoding
- Reading comprehension
- Mathematics
- Arithmetic
- Geometry, space, and measurement
Grade 6
- Language
- Comprehension of isolated words and sentences
- Reading comprehension
- Mathematics
- Arithmetic
- Measurement and size
- Geometry and space
Teachers
- Language
- Reading comprehension
- Reading comprehension didactics
- Mathematics
- Knowledge and skills in mathematics
- The didactics of mathematics
CONTEXTUAL FRAMEWORK
- National context
- Student characteristics
- Teacher characteristics and perceptions
- School and classroom environment
- School principal characteristics
Fourteen French-speaking African countries
List
Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, République Démocratique du Congo/Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Guinée/Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, Madagascar, Niger, Senegal, and Togo
TARGET POPULATION
Students
All students formally enrolled in the early (Grade 2) and late (Grades 5 or 6) stages of primary school (formal education)
Teachers
All teachers in the schools that participated in PASEC 2019
SAMPLE (Intended)
Students
- Grade 6
- At least 180 schools
- One classroom in each school
- 25 students in each sampled classroom
- Grade 2
- At least 90 schools from the Grade 6 sample
- One classroom in each school
- 16 students in each sampled classroom
All participating countries could extend their sample in order to improve subnational analysis.
Teachers
All teachers in the sampled schools
Sample (Achieved)
Students
- Grade 6: Across countries, approximately 63,000 students
- Grade 2: Across countries, approximately 22,000 students
Teachers
Across countries, almost 19,100 teachers
ACHIEVEMENT TESTS
Students
Grade 2
- Two tests: language and mathematics
- One common booklet
- One-to-one administration
- One test per day
- Around 30 minutes per test
Grade 6
- Two tests: language and mathematics
- Collective administration
- Pencil and paper
- One test per day
- Maximum 2 hours per test, split across 2 sessions of 1 hour each.
- Four rotated booklets
Teachers
- Collective administration
- Paper and pencil
- Four rotated booklets
CONTEXTUAL QUESTIONNAIRES
- Student questionnaire
- Teacher/Class questionnaire
- Principal/School questionnaire
PASEC
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