SACMEQ IV Study Framework

Assessment or survey framework

Reading comprehension

  • Decoding isolated words and sentences
    • Recognition of words
    • Decoding the meaning of isolated words and sentences
  • Language
    • Reading
      • Informative texts and documents (main part)
      • Literary texts
    • Extracting explicit information
    • Performing simple inferences
    • Combining and interpreting information

 

Mathematics

  • Arithmetic – recognizing, applying, and solving problems using:
    • Operations
    • Whole numbers
    • Decimal numbers
    • Fractions
    • Percentages
    • Series of numbers and data tables
  • Measurement – recognizing, applying, and solving problems involving the concept of size:
    • Length
    • Time
    • Mass
    • Capacity
    • Surface area
    • Perimeter
  • Geometry and space:
    • Recognition of the properties of:
      • Two- or three-dimensional geometric shapes
      • Geometric relations and transformations
    • Orientation in and visualization of space

 

HIV-AIDS Knowledge Test (HAKT)

  • Definitions and terminology
  • Transmission mechanisms
  • Misconceptions and myths about HIV
  • Detection/prevention/treatment/cure

 

Tuberculosis knowledge Test (TBKT) – in South Africa only

  • Knowledge of TB-related risks
  • Knowledge of measures for prevention of TB
  • Knowledge of signs and treatment of TB

 

 

Contextual or background framework
  • National background
  • Personal and home backgrounds of students
  • School contexts
  • Classroom contexts
  • Personal and professional characteristics of teachers and school heads