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
- Reading
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
- Recognition of the properties of:
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
Other sources