Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. Studies and Working Documents No. 2 Original Drafts Instruments for Assessing Learning Achievements Survey Questionnaires and Tests by Paul Pawar, Holger Daun, Zhao Shangwu, Chen Xiaoda Institute of International Education Stockholm University, Sweden Unit for Inter-Agency Cooperation in Basic Education Paris, November, 1992 The views and opinions expressed in this working document are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of UNESCO Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. MONITORING EDUCATION-FOR-ALL GOALS Studies and Working Documents No. 1 Monitoring and Surveying Learning Achievements - A Status Report Vinayagum Chinapah, September 1992 No. 2 Drafts Instruments for Assessing Learning Achievements - Survey Questionnaires and Tests Paul Pawar, Holger Daun, Zhao Shangwu and Chen Xiaoda, November 1992 No. 3 Prototypes de questionnaires, réflexions de méthode Christine Audouin-Leroy, Cheick-Omar Fomba et Nadera Hajji, Janvier 1993 No. 4 Instruments for Assessing Learning Achievements - Some Basic Considerations Susanne Schniittgen, February 1993 No. 5 A Statistical Digest of Selected Educational Development Indicators Brazil, China, Jordan, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Nepal and Zimbabwe Vinayagum Chinapah and Qutub Uddin Khan, February 1993 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. PREFACE This working document Draft Instruments for Assessing Learning Achievements - Survey Questionnaires and Testshas been commissioned by UNESCO as part of the series of studies and working documents for the joint UNESCO-UNICEF project Monitoring Education-For-All Goals. It has been prepared by a group of researchers (Paul Pawar, Holger Daun, Zhao Shangwu, and Chen Xiaoda) of the Institute of International Education (IIE), Stockholm University, Sweden. IIE has for several decades played an important “think-tank” role in the development of educational survey instruments and tests. The aim of this document is to present a battery of general instruments for monitoring learning achievements emerging from previous studies and surveys in both developed and developing countries. This exercise serves as an input to the development and further adaptation of country -specific instruments for the project. The battery of instruments is sent to national task forces of countries participating in the project with a view to ensure participation and discussion around major problems and issues related to the construction of survey instruments, i.e., the nature, presentation, format, content, relevance, validity and reliability of these instruments. This document consists of four parts. In Part I, a battery of survey questionnaires is presented: (1) pupil questionnaire; (2) parent questionnaire; (3) teacher questionnaire; and (4) school questionnaire. This is then followed by a battery of test items for learning achievements in three major domains: (1) reading and word knowledge -- Part II; (2) numeracy -- Part III; and (3) life skills -- Part IV). It is opportune for this project to have these instruments prepared at this initial phase. However, more efforts from further consultations at both international and national levels are needed to facilitate capacity building in survey methodology. Vinayagum Chinapah UNESCO Project Director November 1992 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. CONTENTS Introduction 1 Part I Questionnaires: Pupil, Parent, Teacher and School 5 Part II Test Items: Reading and Word Knowledge 34 Part III Test Items: Numeracy 53 Part IV Test Items: Life Skills 69 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. ASSESSING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT Achieving well-defined standards of learning by children in schools is a powerful success indicalor of the system that works. . . . . . . . . . . Specification of Minimum Levels of Learning (MLL) should meet the purpose of increasing learning attainments and serve as performance goals for the teacher and output indicator for the system. For this, the Minimum Levels of Learning must have, apart from relevance and functionality, the attributes of achievability, understandability, and evaluability. (Indian National Council of Educational Research and Training, 1986: Minimum Levels of Learning at Primary Stage, New Delhi). Turning A Debate Into A Working EFA Challenge The above quotation is a controversial statement both in its Indian context and outside. There is currently a debate with very old roots among both academicians, educational practitioners, and administrators regarding the usefulness of learning achievement tests particularly in the context of school pupils. Before we delve briefly into this debate, let us define a few words. An achievement test is a developed and documented standardized test put together by a teacher or by a competent learning agency. In some countries like Britain, the expression attainment test is sometimes used as being synonymous with achievement test. The basic unifying characteristic of all achievement tests is to measure what pupils have learnt. It is with this understanding that agencies monitoring EFA goals regard the problems of achievement tests as challenges awaiting further improvement action instead of considering them as dead-end crippling limitations. Critics And Their Charges Critics of achievement tests give, among others, the following reasons for being unhappy with pupil attainment exercises: (a) That it is difficult to know exactly what it is that achievement tests are purported to measure. (b) That the selection and framing of achievement test questions can be very tricky and slippery business, a venture that even seasoned experts hesitate to gamble with. (c) Where inter-group and international comparisons are involved, some achievement test questions can be very ethnocentric, ideologically loaded, and culturally biased. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access That national school curricula are basically artifacts art, and not science, to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1stofpage. (d) which implies that expanded national curricula cannot be fairly compared without doing irreparable damage to the curricula of minority culture groups. (e) Finally, achievement tests turn a deaf year to the supplications of old philosophers that, understanding and achieving do not necessarily result in doing, let alone in effecting necessary corrective action. Doing Something Constructive About The Challenges In preparing this draft instrument concerning the assessment of learning achievement with specific reference to the basic goals of the World Conference on Education for All, we are fully aware of the above criticisms. However, we consider them as working challenges and not as immutable testaments that seal the doom of educational researchers and practitioners in that respect. As an educational researcher once said, we should insist that these problems are not weaknesses of achievement studies, but their strength. It is a call to further reflective duty. Some Assumption Behind The Test In this draft instrument, we have made the following assumptions: (a) that the pupils who will take the test are in grade four in the formal primary school system, which implies that they have completed three full years of formal basic education; and (b) that national education authorities in charge of basic education should feel free to adopt, adapt, modify, re-frame, subtract or add to these questions so as to reflect greater relevance in their specific socio-economic contexts. This point cannot be over emphasized, and must be considered as a top priority. Under normal circumstances, the tests ought to be translated and conducted in the pupils’ mother tongue. A Contribution To EFA Goals Minimum levels of learning can be specified in a variety of ways. In this draft document, we are only beginning a dialogue which should be carried on at various national and regional levels towards a reasonable medium and long-term realization of EFA goals. The establishment of minimum levels of learning is basically a qualitative issue. Properly conceived, achievement tests can be structured to suit national contexts, thereby assisting to throw more light, for example, on problems of identifying irrelevant and excessive load in an existing basic curriculum, as well as suggesting ways to effect greater relevance and functionality in basic education. What else could be closer to the spirit of the 1990 Jomtien Conference than these? The Final EFA Report at Jomtien (1990) sub-sections 4 and 6, say: 2 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in imagegoal form, click on buttononon 1st page. The ultimate affirmed by "Original" the Declaration Education for All is to meet the basic learning needs of all children, youth and adults. The long-term effort to attain that goal can be maintained more effectively if intermediate goals are established and progress towards these goals is measured. (Sub-section 4, page 52, with emphasis added). Time-bound targets convey a sense of urgency and serve as a reference against which indices of implementation and accomplishment can be compared. (Sub-section 6, page 53, with emphasis added). The Structure Of The Draft Instruments These instruments are in four main parts. Part I is a set of relevant questionnaires described as pupil, parent, teacher, and school questionnaires. The basic reason for collecting relevant information at these levels is to provide practitioners and researchers with extra qualitative and quantitative data that throw more light on pupils’ learning situations and learning environment. Part II handles basic literary issues. Included in this section are test samples on basic vocabulary, synonyms and antonyms, word-picture associations, and simple reading comprehension exercises. Some of the comprehension texts are so chosen that they touch upon different fundamental subject areas that are of interest towards the realization of EFA goals. Part III deals with basic numeracy questions. Like the other sections, the target here is to have a wide variety of questions dealing with numeracy issues. For example, there are simple questions that test a pupil’s (a) conceptual understanding, (b)procedural knowledge. as well as (c)problem solving abilities. Conceptual understanding refers to mathematical skills that help a child to recognize, label, write numbers, read tables or figures, and compare the values of two or more numbers. Procedural knowledge refers to mathematical skills that enable a child to add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers and fractions, as well as make meaning out of decimal data, irrespective of whether such data is in the form of tables, figures, or otherwise. Problem solving skills require pupils using their understanding of numbers and numerical concepts including their computational skills, to solve simple problems of daily life relating to units of money, length, weight, capacity, volume, area, and time. At this problem solving skill level, pupils should demonstrate the ability to recognize and formulate problems, determine the sufficiency and consistency of data, select and modify procedures, and basic reasoning techniques required in everyday life situations. Part IV deals with what has been called “Life Skills” in some of the relevant literature. Other researchers prefer to call it “Survival Skills”, “Social and Nature Studies”, or “Environmental Studies”. What is common to all these terminologies is that, the subject consists of two main aspects: the natural, and the man-made (or social) dimensions. The idea is to foster in the learning child, a basic understanding of the interrelationships and interdependencies among these domains, and how to, within limits, survive and prosper within that interplay while helping to preserve, sustain, and improve the chances of other species, present and future, that are also party to this nature-man-arrangement. 3 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 1. What is your name? Surname: Other Name(s): 2. Home address: 3. How old are you? Years and 4. months, Are you a boy or a girl? (check/ one box only ) Boy 1 Girl 2 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. What kind of area is your home located? Urban 1 Rural 2 How many members are there in your family? Two 1 Three 2 Four 3 Five or more 4 Do you have any brothers/sisters? I have none 1 I have one 2 I have two 3 I have three 4 I have more than three 5 Have you ever been to kindergarten? Never 1 Yes, for one year 2 Yes, for two years 3 Yes, for three years or more 4 Number of years repeated in primary school: Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 10. Number of absences from school since the beginning of this term? days. Reason: Sickness 1 Weather 2 Transport problem 3 No special reason 11. 12. 13. ❑ 4 What is the distance of school from your home? Less than 1/2 kilometres 1 1/2 to 1 kilometres 2 1 to 2 kilometres 3 More than 2 kilometres 4 What is the means for you to go to school usually? Foot 1 Bicycle 2 Bus (subway) 3 Car 4 Boat 5 Horse 6 Other 7 Do you think that you have too much school work to do when you are at school? No 1 Yes 2 7 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 14. 15. 16. Do you think that you have too much house work to do when you are at home? No 1 Yes 2 Do you get a daily newspaper at home? No 1 Yes 2 How easy is it for you to get from your family the following things you need for your education? Very easy easy Difficult Very Difficult School materials (books, pens, papers, . . .) Allowances for school activities (excursions, shows, picnics,...) Allowances for transport to your school if it is needed 17. About how many hours do you usually watch TV or video at home on a school day? I do not watch TV or video 1 Up to 1 hour 2 Between 1 and 2 hours 3 Between 2 and 3 hours 4 Between 3 and 4 hours 5 Between 4 and 5 hours 6 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 18. About how many books are there in your home? None or few (1 - 10) Some (11 - 30) About one shelf (31 - 100) More than one shelf (more than 100) 19. 20. 21. 22. ❑ ❑ ❑ How often do you borrow books from a school or public library? Never 1 Hardly ever 2 Once a month 3 Once a week 4 More than once a week 5 How good are you at reading? Not very .-good 1 Average 2 Good 3 Very good 4 How often do you read to someone at home? Never 1 1 or 2 time a week 2 3 or 4 times a week 3 Nearly every day 4 How often do your parents or other people at home ask you what you have been reading? Never 1 1 or 2 time a week 2 3 or 4 times a week 3 Nearly every day 4 9 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 23. 24. 25. 26. How often do you get literacy homework? Never 1 1 or 2 time a week 2 3 or 4 times a week 3 Nearly every day 4 How often do you get numeracy homework? Never 1 1 or 2 time a week 2 3 or 4 times a week 3 Nearly every day 4 About how much time do you spend weekly on your literacy homework? None 1 Less than 1 hour 2 Between 1 and 2 hours 3 Between 2 and 3 hours 4 Between 3 and 4 hours 5 More than 4 hours 6 Do you try your best in your homework? I do not get homework 1 I always try my best 2 I usually try my best 3 I usually do not try my best 4 I never try my best 5 I never do homework 6 10 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 27. 28. 29. How often are you helped with your homework? I do not get homework 1 I rarely get help 2 I sometimes get help 3 I get help most of the time 4 What do you usually do when you have questions during class? I never have question 1 I always ask teacher 2 I usually ask teacher 3 I usually do not ask teacher 4 I never ask teacher 5 How many hours do you sleep every day? hours. 30. How often do you go to the following places during a month? Never 1-2 times Cinema and cultural shows Religious places Museum Relatives’ places Excursion Other town or villages Classmate’s home Hospital or clinic Children’s palace 11 3-5 times More than 5 times Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 31. What do you think about the following matters on school education? very good good Not know Very bad Bad The way teacher teach The quality of your school Classroom condition Types of reward and punishment Examination and Promotion The quality of your textbooks The school services (health, feeding, book-loan programmes, etc.) The school activities (excursions, visiting, sports, shows, etc.) 32. How important do you think are the following things in order to do well in school? Important Good school and teacher ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Enough hooks and materials Educated parents Good and helpful classmates Regular homework/classwork Study hard Attendance and punctuality Interesting in learning 12 Not know Not important ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 33. Please indicate whether the following statements are true or false. True False ❑ I like to go to school I prefer my school to any other one ❑ ❑ ❑ My school get good results in examination We have better teacher in our school Teachers are very striik in our school ❑ My class teacher does care about me Teachers often ask me questions during class ❑ ❑ My class teacher likes me My classmates are very clever ❑ My class is the vest in our school ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ My classmates think that I am very clever I like some subject better than others I go to school to learn good manners I go to school to pass examinations I go to school in order to get a good job I go to school in order to play with friends I go to school in order to get education ❑ School gives children education in order to help their parents in the future School makes a child an intelligent person Holiday and Week-ends are better than school days ❑ I like all the subjects at school 13 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. Parental Questionnaire Pupil’s ID: 1 Please state your age Mother: 2 25 years or younger 1 26-30 years 2 31-35 years 3 36-40 years 4 41-45 years 5 46 years or older 6 Father: 25 years or younger 1 26-30 years 2 31-35 years 3 36-40 years 4 41-45 years 5 46 years or older 6 Religion of parents: Mother: Father: Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 3. Number of persons living in your household: 4. Please indicate how many rooms are available at home (including kitchen). rooms. 5. How many years of school education did you have altogether? (If you have had no school education, please enter “0”) Mother: years(or full-time years equivalent to nearest whole number). Father: years(or full-time years equivalent to nearest whole number). 6. Please indicate your occupation by ticking the appropriate box. Mother: Professional/managerial Farming 1 2 Clerical 3 Home duties 4 Semi-/unskilled 5 Skilled 6 Father: Professional/managerial 1 Farming 2 Clerical 3 Home duties 4 Semi-/unskilled 5 Skilled 6 15 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 7. Please indicate your expectation of your child’s future occupation by ticking the appropriate box. Mother: Professional/managerial 1 Farming 2 Clerical 3 Home 4 duties Semi-/unskilled 5 Skilled 6 P r o f e s s i o n a l / m a n a g e r i a1l 8. Farming 2 Clerical 3 Home 4 duties Semi-/unskilled 5 Skilled 6 Please state the salary you family receive Annually. (unit) per year. 9. Family possessions: Yes Farming No land Cattle Electricity lamp Radio Tape recorder T V Refrigerator Sewing machine ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Bicycle ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Camera ❑ Clock 16 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 10. Please indicate how often do you contribute to your child’s education in respect to the following? Mother: Never Less than once a week 1 or 2 times a week 3 or 4 times a week More than 4 time a week 1 or 2 times a week 3 or 4 times a week More than 4 times a week Encourage child to study Help child with school work Check school work Give extra-coaching Father: Less than once a week Never Encourage child to study Help child with school work Check school work Give extra-coaching 11. How often does the family buy newspaper? Everyday 1 Only on some days 2 Only on weekends 3 Never 4 12, How many years more (including the present year) would you like the child to go to school? Mother: years Father: years 17 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 13. How many times has the parents met the following persons and discuss schooling of your child since the beginning of the year? Number of times School head teacher Child’s class teacher Other school teacher 18 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. Teacher’s ID: 1. 2. Please state your sex. Male 1 Female 2 Please state your age. 25 years or younger 1 26-30 years 2 31-35 years 3 36-40 years 4 41-45 years 5 46 years or older 6 3. Religion: 4. What is the distance of school from your home? Kilometres. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 5. What is the means for you to go to school usually? Foot 1 Bicycle 2 Bus (subway) 3 car 4 Boat 5 Horse 6 Other 7 6. Please indicate in minutes you usually spend from home to school (one way). 7. Do you have any traveling costs to school? 8. 9. 10. Yes 1 No 2 If yes, traveling allowance are allocated entirely 1 partly 2 No at all 3 Please indicate your academic qualification. Primary education 1 Junior secondary education 2 Senior secondary education 3 University 4 Post graduate education 5 Please indicate how much teacher training or teacher education you have received. None 1 Secondary teacher training 2 Teacher training college education 3 20 . Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 11. HOW many months of in-service training did you receive as a teacher? months. 12, Including this year, how marry years altogether have you been teaching? years how marry year altogether have you been teaching mathematics/literacy? years. 13, 14. 15. Please state the number of hours you spend at school in a typical school week on the following activities. Teaching mathematics 1 Teaching literacy 2 Teaching other subjects 3 Preparing lessons 4 Checking students’ homework 5 Helping students 6 Please state the number of hours per week on the average you spend outside school hours (after school, evenings, etc.) on the following activities. Preparing lessons 1 Checking students’ homework 2 Helping students 3 How often do you read academic journals or other periodicals related to your teaching in general? 1 Regularly (each week) Occasionally (several times a year) 2 Rarely or never 3 21 ❑ Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 16. Please indicate how many pupils are there in your class? pupils. 17. 18. 19. Pupils in your class are streamed as children of Mixed ability groups 1 High ability groups 2 Average ability groups 3 Low ability groups 4 Are you in favour of streaming by ability groups? Yea 1 No 2 In assessing the work of your students, how often do you make use of each of the following types of assessment? ! I Frequently Occasionally Rarely Never Standardized teats produced outside the school Teach-made objective test Performance on homework assignments Performance on classroom question 20. Do you fell that limitations of facilities and equipment in your school hamper your teaching? Very seriously 1 Slightly 2 Not at all 3 22 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 21. Do you fell that there are restrictions on your freedom to adapt the teaching syllabus to suit your particular style of teaching and the needs of your students? If so, what is the source of the authority determining the restrictions? 1 I feel no restrictions I fell restrictions, determined by authorities within the school 2 ❑ I fell restrictions, determined by authrorities outside the school 3 ❑ 22. Please state the salary you receive as a teacher. (Please note that this item is optional, but it would be of great value to the study if you would answer it.) a. Annual salary: approximate gross amount before tax has been deducted: (unit) annual. b. Annual tax deducted: approximate amount of tax paid in the previous year: (unit) annual. 23 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. School Questionnaire SCHOOL ID NUMBER: 1. Name of School: 2. Address of School: Personal Data of School Head Teacher 3. Please state your sex. Male 1 Female 2 4. Please state your age 1 2 3 4 5 6 ❑ Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 5. 6. 7. Please indicate your highest academic qualification. Primary education 1 Junior secondary education 2 Senior secondary education 3 University 4 Post graduate education 5 Please indicate how much teacher training or teacher education you have received None 1 Secondary teacher training 2 Teacher training college education 3 Including this year, how many years altogether have you been teaching? years. 8. Including this year, how many year altogether have you served as a school head teacher? In present school years. In other school(s) years. School-Community or Regional Characteristics 9. To which of the following regional characteristics does your school belong? Tick one only) 10. Urban 1 Sub-Urban 2 Rural-Centre 3 Rural-Vicinity 4 How is the community or region served by your school looking like? (Tick as appropriate) Not at all Entirely Partially • Agricultural • Industrial ❑ ❑ ❑ 25 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 11. what is the approximate size of the community or region served by your school in respects to the following? Number of inhabitants: Number of primary-school age children: 12. How many schools are there in the community or region served by your school (not including your own school)? Number of pre-primary schools: Number of primary schools: Number of secondary schools: 13. 14. Do you feel that there are enough places in your’ school in order to satisfy the demand in the community or region for primary education? Yea 1 No 2 Which of the following facilities or services are available in the neighborhood or vicinity of your school? Tick as appropriate) 1 Electricity Water taps 2 Public water closet/toilet 3 Telephone 4 Hospital/Dispensary 5 Public library 6 Post Office 7 Police Station 8 Public centre for shows, conferences, 9 talks, and other cultural activities 1 Public places (parks, gardens, playgrounds, .s..) 1 Cinema 12 Bank 1 Workshop (hairdresser, tailor, carpenter...) 14 ❑ Transportation (bus and taxi) ❑ 15 ❑ 16 ❑ 17 ❑ 18 ❑ Religious centre or church 1 Market and shop (for foodstuff, livestock...) Market and shop (for garments, footwear...) Youth club (sport and literary) 26 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. School Facts and School Facilities 15. Please indicate the timetable system operating in your school. 5 day 16. ❑ or 6 day cycle ❑ or 7 day cycle ❑ How many periods are in an average school week/cycle for grade 3 pupils? Please include periods allocated to scheduled activities such as lessons, sport and assemblies, but excluded periods allocated to recess and lunch breaks. period per week. 17. What is the usual number of minutes in each period? minutes. 18. What is the number of we&s/cycles in a school year? Please exclude time allocated to vacations. weeks or cycles. 19. For each grade level, please state the average class time per week/cycle allocated to each of the indicated subjects. Please state the time in periods per week. Enter a dash (-) if not taught. Grade level Literacy Numeracy 1 2 3 4 5 6 27 Life skill Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 20. Please till in the following information concerning your school. Pupil Total number of pupils: Number of boys only: Number of repeaters: Pupils admitted this year: Pupils transferred/left this year: Teacher Total number of teachers: Male only: Newly admitted or transferred to the school: Left or transferred from the school: Classroom Average number of pupils per classroom: Average size of classrooms per square yards: Number of classes having morning shifts: Number of classes having afternoon shifts: School Budget Teachers’ monthly salaries: Other personnel’s monthly salaries: Yearly budget for maintenance and repair: Yearly budget for school materials and equipments: Yearly allowances for books, stationery . . : 21. What is the source of operating costs for your school: for example, salaries for teaching and non-teaching staff, maintenance and repairs? totally or almost wholly provided by the government 1 partially provided by the government totally or almost wholly provided by private sources 2 (including fees paid by students) 22. What is approximately the unit cost per pupil in your school? (unit). 28 3 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 23. Which person or group of persons is responsible for making the decisions in the following matters? (Please circle on letter in each row.) Key: A a central or regional authority B a school council or board C the school head teacher D a teacher or group of teachers from the school E some other person or group of persons F does not apply to this school Central authority School council determining the range or type of subjects taught in the school A B C D determine the content of courses at individual grade levels A B C D Principal Teachers Other Does not apply F E F choosing textbooks for students A B C D E F selecting pupils for entrance to the school A B C D E F determining the size of tuition fees A B C D E F determining conditions of employment for teachers A B C D E F select teachers for the school A B C D E F selecting the school principal A B C D E F making roles and regulations for the pupils A B C D E F 24. What is the age of your school building(s)? years. 29 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 25. what do you think about the condition of the following facilities and services at your school? (Tick as appropriate) Adequate Inadequate Not Available Number of classsrooms Number of activity rooms (hobby, music, drama, dance, quiz, shows) Rooms/office for personnel Furniture Teaching aids and materials Television School yard/playground School garden School library School First aid centre/box Book-loan programme I Feeding programme Health programme Number of teaching personnel I Other school personnel (clerk, caretaker, guardian...) Electricity ! Water taps, wash basins, toilets Canteen 26. What was your school performance at the Primary School graduate Certificate Examinations last year? No. taking examination: No. passing examination: 30 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 27. Which of the following criteria are usually applied for admitting pupils in your school? (Tick as appropriate) Place of residence 1 Age 2 Performance on entrance examination 3 Parental acquaintance with school Parental group (ethnic, religious, 4 5 professional/occupational...) 6 Child’s past academic results 28. 29. What are the criteria for selecting and streaming pupils in your school? (Tick as appropriate) Performance on teats and examinations 1 Teacher regular assessment 2 Pupil’s behaviour and conduct 3 Parental educational background 4 Attendance and punctuality 5 Place of residence 6 Age 7 Alphabetical order 8 No streaming 9 How would you assess the socio-economic status (SES) of children attending your school? SES means level of family education, income, occupation, home amenities, etc. (Tick as appropriate) Average High ❑ All children ❑ ❑ Some children ❑ ❑ No children at all 30. Low How marry times has the Primary School Inspectorate visited your school during this year? times. 31 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 31. Please indicate the purpose of the visit(s). Tick number 1 for the first priority, number 2 for the second priority, etc. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Administrative matters To prepare reports for the central authority To assess teachers To advise teachers To solve school problems To assess pupils 32. 33. Does your school have any Parent-Teacher Association? Yes 1 No 2 If the answer is yes, please indicate how marry times it has met since the beginning of this year? times. 34, If the answer is yes, please indicate in which of the following activities it engages in? (Tick as appropriate) Community Development Work 1 Socio-cultural activities 2 Discussing school matters (facilities, programs...) 3 Discussing pupils affairs (discipline, needs... ) Discussing educational matters (books, methods 4 5 of teaching, curriculum...) Discussing school rules and regulations 32 6 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. Attitudinal Items 35. How would you assess the all-round quality of your school in respect to the following? (Tick as appropriate) Very High High Average Low Very Low Learning facilities Teaching facilities School discipline Teachers competence pupils competence Parental co-operation Community co-operation Teacher co-operation Teachers’ absenteeism pupils’ absenteeism School wastage (drop-outs failures, repeaters...) Facilities in the locality 36. How would you assess the primary school education in respect to the following? (Tick as appropriate) Very Good Good School curriculum Teaching methods Administration and Management Selection process Educational relevance Teacher-Training Recruitment of teachers 33 Fair Weak Very Weak Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. PART II READING AND WORD KNOWLEDGE Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. Section 1 WORD KNOWLEDGE INSTRUCTIONS In this section, a pair of words is given for each question. Some of the pairs are OPPOSITES which means they are as different from each other as possible. Other pairs have nearly the SAME MEANING. If you think a pair of words mean nearly the same thing, draw a circle around the letter S. Here is one example: Fast Quick If you think the pair of words have opposite meanings, then draw a circle around O. Here is one example: shut Open Answer the rest of the questions in this section in the same way. o s 1. Wild Tame 2. Reward Punish 0 s 3. Victory Win 0 s 4. Rain Drought 0 s 5. Footwear Shoe 0 s 6. Differ Vary 0 s 7. Deep Shallow 0 s 8. Polling Vte 0 s 9 Village City 0 s 10 Poison Vitamin 0 s 11 Smooth Slippery 0 s 12 Spend Save 0 s 13 Work Employment 0 s 35 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 14 Send Transfer 0 S 15 Clean Polluted 0 S 16 Totally Completely 0 S 17 Rural Urban 0 S 18 Toilet Latrine 0 S 19 Stop Continue 0 S 20 Interior Exterior 0 S 21 Sormy Windy 0 S 22 Job Vacancy 0 S 23 Mixed Pure 0 S 24 Select Choose 0 S 25 Progress Improvement 0 S 26 Define Specify 0 S 27 Happy Sad 0 S 28 Female Male 0 S 29 Pool Lake 0 S 30 Bold Brave 0 S 31 Clever Wise 32 Plan Proposal 0 S 33 Disunity Order 0 S 34 Rule Regulation 0 S 35 Protect Destroy 0 S South 0 36 36 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 0 S Silent 0 S Major Minor 0 S Freedom Independence 0 S 37 Prevention 38 Noisy 39 40 Cure SECTION 2 SIMPLE VOCABULARY INSTRUCTIONS In the following sentences, one word is underlined. This is followed by words or a group of words marked A, B, C, and D. For each underlined word, choose a meaning from A, B, C or D that beat suits it. Put a circle around the letter that stands for the right choice. Here is one example: Example: He is my uncle A. B. C. D. mother’s brother. father’s friend. sister’s child. father. In this example, the correct answer is A, which is marked with a circle. Answer all questions in this section in the same manner. 1. Measure the radius of the circle. A. all round circumference B. breadth C. all round area D. life 37 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. The season for farming has come. A. method or manner B. period C. important D. end A. river B. sea c. well D. small fishes Big fishes like the ocean. Ten plus eight sum up to 18. A. square B. equal C. add D. divide up Please, return the story book. A. give away B. bring back C. read when you like D. use A. B. C. D. father’s sister younger sister mother’s mother friend She is my aunt. 38 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 7. 8. 9. 10. My stomach can easily digest bananas. A. misunderstand B. increase the weight of C. soften and take in D. pay for Li Ping had an egg and tea for breakfast. A. the last meal of the day B. lunch and dinner C. the first meal of the day D. the night Farmers try to stop erosion of the soil. A. the manure B. the wearing away c. the sharing D. payment of Run home! There will be a storm soon. A. beautiful sunshine with rain B. very strong wind with rain c. very light rain D. no rain 39 Section 3 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling WORD AND PICTURE TEST errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. INSTRUCTIONS Draw a circle around the picture which means the same thing as the word shown in front of each line of pictures. For Example: BAG The correct picture is circled with a pencil, as above. Do the rest of the exercises in this section in the same way. 40 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 1 4 FLOWER AEROPLANE 10 CHILDREN I 40 (a) Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 11 STAR 12 TREE 13 SNAKE 14 BIRD 15 RAIN > ‘“;-r. . <--- 16 ELEPHANT 17 C O W ---18 LIGHTNING 19 TELEPHONE 20 QUESTION MARK 40 (b) , . . .. i Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. Section 4 Reading Comprehension INSTRUCTIONS Read the following passages carefully. After each passage, there are four questions. Each question has four suggested answers marked A, B, C, and D. For each question, only one of the four suggested answers is correct. Put a circle around the letter in front of the correct answer. FIRST READING: River Nile starts partly from Lake Victoria. It is the longest river in Africa. The Nile is 3,400 miles long. It flows through countries like Uganda, Sudan, and Egypt. Questions 1. From where does the river Nile partly begin? A. B. C. D. from Egypt from Sudan from Lake Adams from Lake Victoria. The correct answer is D. So put a circle around D. Continue in the same manner for the rest of this section. 2. Which is the longest river in Africa? A. B. C. D. 3. river Uganda river Congo river Nile river Volta How long is the river Nile? A. B. C. D. 3,400 kilometres 3,400 miles not known from Sudan to Egypt 41 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 4. Name two countries through which the Nile flows. A. B. C. D. Uganda and Ghana Egypt and Malawi Egypt and Sudan Sudan and Nigeria SECOND READING: 1. What does our teacher think about the Earth? A. B. C. D. 2. our Prime Minister’s teacher our Prime Minister and many college teachers our teacher’s wife nobody Who are in some danger? A. B. C. D. 4. that it is getting more closer that it is getting warmer every year that it is getting warmer every 100 years that it is dead Who also thinks in the same way as our teacher does? A. B. C. D. 3. Our clam teacher thinks the Earth is getting warmer every year. Our Prime Minister and many college teachers also think in the same way. Human beings, animals, fishes, plants, rivers, and the oceans of the world are in some danger. The danger is partly made by man! boiled fishes and cooked plants nobody human beings, fishes, plants and animals dead ocean animals Who partly causes the danger? A. B. C. D. man ocean fishes our Prime Minister nobody 42 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. THIRD READING: BUY FRUIT VITAMINS! Vitamins are useful for the growth of the body. We get vitamins into our body by eating good and balanced food. Many vitamins can be found in foods like vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, lever, and meat. Vitamin D helps our bones to grow well. 1. Our bodies need vitamins to grow well. A. B. C. D. 2. How do we get vitamins into the body? A. B. C. D. 3. not true true not correct false by selling good and balanced food by selling fruits by eating good and balanced food by not being ill Where can vitamins be found? A. B. C. D. in the street in foods like vegetables, fruits, fish and meat in maps, in the vitamin 43 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 4. What does vitamin D do? A. B. C. D. it helps our bones to grow well it helps girls to remain girls it helps fatness it helps nobody FOURTH READING: DAILY VITAMIN TABLETS How to use: One tablet a day for people 18 years old and above. For children 1-17 years old: only half a tablet, once a day. (a) (b) Each tablet contains: Vitamin A, B, C, and D. Made by: Vita Company, Nairobi, Kenya. Made on: 1st June 1992. Use before: 30th June 1995. 1. How many tablets should adults (18 years old and above) take a day? A. B. C. D. 2. Kofi is 9 years old. How many tablets should he take a day? A. B. C. D. 3. half a tablet 1 tablet 2 tablets 1st June no tablet 1 tablet half a tablet 2 tablets Each tablet contains . . . . . . A. B. C. D. vitamin E vitamin K vitamin P vitamin A 44 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 4. One can use the vitamin tablets before which date? A. B. C. D. 1st June 1992 30 June 1995 any time as our friends say. FIFTH READING: OUR SCHOOL TIMETABLE ... MONDAY Period ONE 8-9am PLAY-TIME 9- 9.30am Maths I Play-time Play-time Play-rime Period TWO 9.30-10.30 am Language Life Skills Maths Period THREE 10.30-11.30 am Art and Craft Language Writing What time is PLAY-TIME? A. B. C. D. 2. Social Studies P.E. 1 Closing:11.30 am 1. WEDNESDAY TUESDAY 8 am 10.30 am 9-9.30am 8-9 am On which day do we have Life Studies? A. B. C. D. Tuesday Wednesday Monday every day 45 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 3. During which period do we have Art and Craft? A. B. C. D. 4. every day all periods Period TWO Period THREE Writing is only on Wednesdays. A. B. C. D. Fake True Sometimes Not true 46 SIXTH READING: PEMBA ISLAND Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document form, click buttoncalled on 1st page. There are Thereinisimage a small island in on the"Original" Indian Ocean Pemba. different kinds of animals on Pemba island. Pemba Island is shown in the drawing below. Pemba Town is the capital town. The pictures show the areas of Pemba where one can find some types of birds and animals. PEMBA TOWN I 1. From Pemba town, in which direction do we have elephants? A. B. c. D. 2 to the west to the south to the north to the east. In which ocean is Pemba Island? A. B. c. D. 4. the south the north the east the west From Pemba town, in which direction is Lake Tango? A. B. c. D. 3. to to to to Pacific ocean Atlantic ocean Indian ocean Atlantic ocean Which of these living things cannot be found on the Pemba Island map? A. Snakes B. Snails C. Elephants D. Butterflies 47 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. SEVENTH READING: A LETTER 7 Children Street, Masai Village, 1st November 1992. Dear Pupil, We are the parents of Wajio Gundu, a class four pupil in your school. Wajio has a bigger brother called Toti who goes to college in the city. We are happy to invite you to a milk and meat party on Friday, 18th December 1992. It will be Toti’s 14 birth day. Bring your friends. The party will take place at the New Masai Village Hall at 5 p.m. Welcome! Yours ever, Mr. Baba Gundu . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Wajiro Gundu. . . . . . . . . . . 1. When was this letter written? A. B. C. D. 2. What is the name of Wajio Gundu’s father? A. B. C. D. 3. Baba Gundu Wajiro Gundu Toti Wajio Gundu What kind of food will be served at the party? A. B. C. D. 4. today, 7th November, 1992 1st November, 1992 18th December, 1992 rice potatoes and fish tea and bread milk and meat Where will the party take place? Number 7, Children Street A. we don’t know B. New Masai Village Hall C in the city D. 48 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. EIGHTH READING: A POEM (also a school song) Now the day is over Night is drawing near Shadows of the evening Still across the sky 1. What is it that is over? A. B. C. D. 2 What is drawing near? A. B. C. D. 3. the sky day nothing night What is still across the sky? A. B. C. D. 4. the night the day the poem the song shadows of the next day shadows of the night shadows of the evening shadows of the poem Which of the following words mean the same thing as across? A. B. C. D. over to the left however ever 49 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. NINTH READING: BIRTH CERTIFICATE was born at This is to say that SURNAME in on the FIRST NAME of DAY c o r n y TOWN 19 MONTH YEAR. The Births Officer, Nairobi. 1. What is the surname of Mungai Peter? A. B. C. D. 2. In which town was Mungai Peter born? A. B. C. D. 3. Kitale Kiambu Mombasa nobody knows In which country was Mungai Peter born? A. B. c. D. 4. Mungai Peter nobody knows Kiambu China Japan Kenya Poland In which year was Mungai Peter born? A. B. C. D. 1973 1963 1953 1983 50 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. TENTH READING: ROBIN HOOD Long, long ago, when great Kings ruled England, the story of Robin Hood was first told. Robin Hood lived in Sherwood Forest with his two friends Allan-a-Dale and Little John. They took money from rich people, and gave it to poor men and women in need. Here is one example: Robin Hood: Allan-a-Dale: “Hold him, even if he is the King! Count how much gold he has in his bag! “I find .one . hundred pieces of gold, Robin”. Little John: “What a lucky day!” Robin Hood: “Take fifty pieces of gold, and give him back fifty!” King Richard: “Good heavens! How can you do such a thing to your King?” Robin Hood: “Oh rich King, just go and tell Saint Martin about this. Tell him that Robin Hood took the gold to give to the poor in Sherwood Forest”. 1. Where in England did Robin Hood live? A. B. C. D. 2. Which of the following people was a good friend of Robin Hood? A. B. C. D. 3 in the long, long forest in the Sherwood Forest in London. in the poor people’s forest King Richard Saint Martin Light Don Allan-a-Dale How much gold was the King carrying in his bag before he met Robin Hood? A. B. C. D. fifty pieces of gold hundred pieces of gold bag of money full bag of money 51 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 4. What would Robin Hood do with the gold he took away from the rich King? A. B. C. D. give it to Little John to buy food in Sherwood Forest give it to poor men and women in Sherwood Forest give it to Saint Martin give it back to King Richard later 52 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. UNESCO EFA-GOALS PROJECT INSTRUMENTS (PART III) ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT OF NUMERACY SKILLS Instruction: Read the following questions carefully. After each question, there are four suggested answers marked A,B, C and D. For each question, only one of the suggested answers is correct. Put a circle around the letter in front of the correct answer. Example 1. Count the balls in the following picture. How marry balls are there in this picture? A. 7 B. 9 C. 12 In example , the right answer is the Answer D. Put a circle around D as above. Example 2. Mrs. Wan is a primary school teacher. She works 5 days a week and 8 hours a day. How many hours do Mrs. Wan work per week? A. 13 C. 49 D. 30 The right answer in example 2 is the answer B. Mark B with a circle as above. Directions: Now you will answer all the questions in the same way. You can start from any question that you think is easier for you, and keep going until the end of the test. Work as quickly as you can. Do your best to answer each question, even if you are not so sure. Choose the answer you think is best. 53 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. You have 30 minutes to do this test. Look only at your own work. 1. Which of the following number series is in correct numerical order? A. 7, 11, 14, 26, 19 B. 19, 11, 7, 26, 14 C. 14, 19, 26, 7, 11 D. 7, 11, 14, 19, 26 2. Which of the following numbers is twenty-five? A. 21 B. 25 C. 5 D. 52 3. Count the circles first and then answer the question: How many circles are there in this picture? A. 24 B. 20 C. 12 D. 10 54 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 4. Add: A. 26 B. 32 C. 22 D. 52 5. Dan buys a ball for 55 cents. How much change does he get back from $1.00? A. 55 cents B. 45 cents C. 100 cents D. 10 cents 6. Add: A. 91 B. 121 C. 115 D. 125 55 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 7. Martin decided to start reading a book 4 pages per day. How many pages would Martin have read after 7 days? A. 11 B. 3 C. 24 D. 28 8. Subtract: A. 11 B. 20 C. 21 D. 37 9. A class of 54 students were divided into 6 groups. How many students were there in each group? A. 4 B. 5 C. 7 D. 9 56 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 10. Multiply: A. 34 B. 52 C. 387 D. 367 11. The square above has been divided into two equal parts. What is the distance around all four sides of the shadowed part? +------12 cm--------+ A. 24 12 cm B. 36 C. 72 D. 144 12. Divide: 156÷ 13= ? A. 179 B. 12 C. 13 D. 143 57 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 13. Joe was born in a big family. He has his father, mother, 2 brothers and 3 sisters. What is the total number of people in his family including himself? A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8 14. Subtract: A. 108 B. 112 C. 109 D. 194 15. If in a village of 900 people, 1/3 of their population can swim, how many people in this village can NOT swim? A. 310 B. 800 C. 600 D. 300 58 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 16. Multiply: A. 8996 B. 5856 C. 225 D. 121 17. At a certain store, the price of two magazines are $3.5 and $2.4 for each. John is going to buy one copy of each magazine. How much will John pay for these two magazines? A. 3.5 B. 7 C.59 D. 6.5 18. Which of these numbers is closest to 27 ? A. 7 B. 20 C. 25 D. 34 59 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 19. The graph shows the distance travelled by a tractor during a period of 4 hours. How fast is the tractor moving? A. 1 kilometer per hour B. 2 kilometers per hour C. 4 kilometers per hour D. 8 kilometers per hour 0 1 2 3 4 Time (hours) 5 20. Divide: 52÷4= ? A. 48 B. 56 C. 13 D. 12 21. There are 12 people in a meeting room. Among them 7 are women. How many of them are men? A. 7 B. 10 C. 2 D. 5 60 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 22. Multiply: 7.4 x 1.2 = ? A. 8.88 B. 8.18 C 8.6 D. 8.68 23. Anna’s mother is a tailor. She makes 10 clothes everyday. After four days’ work, how many clothes would be made by Anna’s mother? A. 30 B. 40 C. 19 D. 60 24. Subtract: 32.4-15 = ? A. 17 B. 17.4 C. 17.9 D. 30.9 61 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 25. Which of the following is true about 1/5 of 35? A. 6 B. 3/5 C.7 D. 3.6 26. Sofia is ill and visits doctor. The doctor gives her 18 pills, and ask her to eat the pills three time a day and 2 pieces a time. In how many days will Sofia finish these pills? A. 6 B. 3 C. 4 D. 2 27. Add: 2/7 + 3/14 = ? A. 5/14 B. 1/2 C. 5/7 D. 6/7 62 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 28. Alix’s father works in a town, which are 3.1 kilometers away from his home. Alix’s father goes to work in the morning and back home in the everning. How many kilometers should Alix’s father walk everyday? A. 6.2 B. 3.2 C. 4.1 D. 10 29. 615.24 In the above number the digit 4 represents A. 4 x 1/100 B. 4 x 1/10 C. 4 x 1 D. 4 x 100 30. Which of the following is a pair of equivalent fractions? A. 5/8 and 2/3 B. 5/6 and 2/3 C. 4/5 and 15/14 D. 3/5 and 9/15 63 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 31. Divide: 5/12 ÷ 2/3 = ? A. 5/8 B. 1/4 C. 7/12 D. 5/12 32. Matchsticks are arranged as follows: ——— If the pattern is continued, how many matchsticks are used in making the forth figure? A. 12 B. 15 C. 17 D. 20 64 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 33. Find the sum: 3 weeks 5 days +6 Weeks 6 days A. 9 weeks 1 day B. 9 weeks 4 days C. 10 weeks 1 days D. 10 weeks 4 days 65 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. Enclosed Notes for Numeracy Skill Assessment 1. General Introduction about Numeracy Skill Assessment Instrument This numeracy skill test, as test battery, consists of 33 items. It is designed to assess the minimum level of mathematical skills at the grade 4 in the context of developing countries. The maximum test time should not be more than 30 minutes. The number of teat items in this test session should not be more than 20 items. 2. Assessment Framework of This Instrument As a starting point, the existing test specifications from IAEP and IEA assessments, the minimum level learning at primary stage in India, and the relevant literature about numeracy definition and assessment were reviewed. According to the Unesco EFA goal project rationale, and taking the mathematics teaching practices and curricula in developing countries into consideration, we agree upon the following numeracy assessment framework. This assessment will measure four content area at three skill levels. The four content areas are whole number, decimal, fraction, table, graph and figure. Classification of mathematics topics into these content areas is helpful, instructionally, to summarize achievement within various content areas. It is also helhful to indicate, expressed by percentages in different countries, to what extent the different countries or regions within a country emphasize various mathematics topics. This sometimes inevitably involves some overlap. The three skill levels, adapted from 1991 IAEP Assessment, are conceptual understanding, procedural knowledge and problem solving. Conceptual understanding refers to the mathematical skills such as: to recognize, label, write numbers, and read tables and figures, and compare the value of two or more numbers. Procedural knowledge refers to the skills to add, subtract, multiply, and divide of whole number, decimal fractions or data from table, and figures. At this skill level, students should demonstrate abilities in the numerical operations such as selecting and applying appropriate procedures correctly, verifying and justifying the correctness of a procedure using concrete models or symbolic methods, calculate using numerical and graphical data, and sometimes those non-computational skills such as rounding and ordering. Problem solving skills require students using their understanding of numbers and numerical concepts, and their computational skills to solve simple problems of daily life relating to units of money, length, weight, capacity, area and time. At this skill level, students should demonstrate the abilities to recognize and formulate problems, determine the sufficiency and consistency of data, select and modify procedures and use reasoning. With this skill level classification, an international comparison and diagnosis on another dimension will be possible. 66 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. The following table provides a brief description of numbers of test items and its distribution at each content area and skill level. Table 1. CONTENT-SKILL GRID FOR NUMERACY TEST objective conceptual understanding test items procedural knowledge test items problem solving test items 1. count (No.3) 2.write (No.2) 3. compare Numerical value (No. 1) (No.18) 1.add(no.4) (No.6) 2.subtract (No.8) (No.14) 3.multiply (No. 10) (No. 16) 4.divide (No. 12) (No.20) l.add (No.13) (No.33) 2.subtract (No.5) (No.21) 3.multiply (No.7) (No.23) 4.divide (No.9) (No.26) l.understand (No.29) l.multiply (No.22) 2.subtract (No.24) l.add (No.17) 2.multiply (No.28) fraction l.understand (No.30). l.add (No.27) 2.divide (No.31) 1 subtract (No. 15) 2.multiply (No.25) 5 table, figure and graph 1 read table (No.19) l.add & subtract (No. 11) l.add & multiply (No.32) 3 13 33 content whole number decimal total 7 13 67 total 20 5 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 3. Correct answer and Assessment score Item No. 1 D Item No.17 C Item No.2 B Item No.18 C Item No.3 A Item No.19 B Item No.4 C Item No.20 C Item No.5 B Item No.21 D Item No.6 D Item No.22 A Item No.7 D Item No.23 B Item No.8 C Item No.24 B Item No.9 D Item No.25 C Item No.10 C Item No.26 B Item No. 11 B Item No.27 B Item No. 12 B Item No.28 A Item No. 13 D Item No.29 A Item No.14 A Item No.30 D Item No.15 C Item No.31 A Item No. 16 A Item No.32 B Item No.33 D Scoring criteria 1 score for each correct answer. 68 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. Part IV LIFE SKILLS In this section, you will find a number of questions or statements followed by four suggested answers. In each case, only one of the suggested answers, A., B., C., and D., is correct. Choose the right answer and make a circle around the letter that stands in front of your answer. For example: Which of the following insects destroy farm crops and vegetation? A. B. C. D. mosquitoes house-flies locusts butterflies The correct answer is C. Put a circle around C like this C. Answer the rest of questions in this section in the same way. 1. Malaria and yellow fever are usually got from bites from which insects? A. B. C. D. 2. Which of the following items is NOT poisonous to a child when swallowed into the stomach? A. B. C. D. 3. hair lice mosquitoes house-flies spiders kerosene petrol tomato juice car engine oil Many mushrooms are safe and good to eat. But some mushrooms are poisonous. A. B. C. D. true false don’t know nobody knows 69 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 4. Continuous dizziness in a person can be caused by ............? A. B. C. D. 5. Since yesterday, John has been to the toilet or latrine many times in a day, and the stool (or toilet waste) is very watery. Maybe John has . . . . . . . . . A. B. C. D. 6. a policeman or hunter your fat friend a nurse, or a doctor, or your mother a film or cinema Which of the following creatures is NOT dangerous to man? A. B. C. D. 9. cool the head and body with cold water do nothing but sing frequently laugh at him bandage his head If you have continuous diarrhea for more than one or two days, see . . . . . . . A. B. C. D. 8. chest pains a healthy stomach diarrhea eye troubles If someone gets a very high body temperature, what should be done at first in case there is no nurse or doctor? A. B. C. D. 7. many factors thirst only only hunger nothing a scorpion a spider called tarantula a black snake called cobra a live chicken The eating of uncooked pork from dirty pigs that go freely about the village can give . . . . . . . . A. tapeworms B. aids measles C. D. good health 70 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 10. Sunshine is good for both human beings and plants. A. B. C. D. false true don’t know nobody knows 11. A child who has measles can spread it to other children who play with him? A. nobody knows B. don’t know C. true false D. 12. House-flies from open latrines or toilets often leave bacteria or dangerous germ on . . . . . . . . . A. B. C. D. 13. uncovered food nobody kitchen fires burning fires Look at the following map carefully. s From village A, in which direction can you find village B? A. B. C. D. to the North to the East to the West to the South 71 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 14. Look at this map carefully, s * Village X River T < \ RiverU From Village X, river T is flowing towards which direction? A. B. C. D. 15. water from shallow pits boiled water water from running gutters any water from any well We do vaccination to prevent the disease vaccinated against. A. B. C. D. 17. towards the North towards the South towards the West towards the East Which of the following types of water is best for drinking? A. B. C. D. 16. > true don’t know false not at all true Suppose you are in a village classroom built of mud or cement and an earthquake is beginning slowly to shake the building. What should you do? A. B. C. D. sit down and cry pray and shout earthquake! Earthquake! run out of the building to an open field or open area with no buildings sit by the wall and call the teacher 72 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 18. Which of the following people are law and order officers in your country? A. B. C. D. 19. Musa is a farmer who lives in a village near a small town. Last week, he received a lot of money after selling his farm produce. Where would you advise Musa to keep his money? A. B. C. D. 20. nurses the police fishermen very old grand-fathers in a hole dug on his old farm under his bed at home in an old pot in his wife’s kitchen in a good bank nearby Tawa is a good farming and cattle rearing district in a tropical country. Which of the following practices can lead to W-ii erosion, bad fining weather, and reduced rainfall in Tawa district? A. B. C. D. night marketing and cooperative selling small school gardening, flower growing in schools, and week-end fishing frequent vegetation clearing, tree cutting, bush burning, and the over-grazing of pastoral lands tree planting, use of good manure, and fish farming 21 and 22: Study the chart below carefully and answer questions 21 and 22. MAIZE GROWING FIGURES IN TWO DISTRICTS 1991 1992 TAWA District 500 tons 400 tons TAITA District 400 tons 600 tons 21. Which district produced more maize in 1992 than the other? A. B. C. D. Tawa district Taita district no district not possible to know 73 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 22. How much maize did Tawa district produce for the two years together? A. B. C. D. 23. You are the new prefect of your class. Which of the following items would you have in your new classroom FIRST AID BOX? A. B. C. D. 24. bring it to my parents sell it to others don’t care try to return it to the loser It is good to stop school completely before grade 6 in order to make money to contribute to your family. A. B. C. D. 27. yes I should discuss it with my parents I should discuss it with my best friend I don’t know If you find a watch in your classroom, what should you do? A. B. C. D. 26. medicine on AIDS, some perfumes, a comb, a mirror, etc a book on AIDS, a pencil, chalk, body pomade, medicine for treating measles, etc new bandages, dettol, scissors, pain-killing tablets, clean cotton wool, etc oranges, apples, mango fruits, toys, etc If a stranger asked you to follow him or her to a place far away from you home to get money or delicious food, should you do as what she or he said? A. B. c. D. 25. 1000 tons 1900 tons 900 tons 600 tons yes no I don’t know partly right If your neighbor calls your names, what you should do to him? A. B. C. D. fight with him immediately call his name try to know the reason first don’t care about it 74 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 28. Handling electricity lines and equipment needs prior knowledge and skills. A. B. C. D. 29. Reading book in bed just before sleeping is a good reading habit A. B. C. D. 30. yes not at all I don’t know anynody can try it yes sometimes yes not at all I don’t know If you promise somebody an appointment, two hours late is not a big problem. A. B. C. D. It is not a problem it is a problem two parts should understand each other try not to be too late next time The following Life Skill Questions can also he adapted or modified to suit specific country situations. In that case, national agencies will have to fit in suitable alternative answers. 31. How can you make sure that your daily food contains all that your body needs? 32. Many households in your country use wood when cooking food. What is the risk in the long-run in using too much wood? 33. If all people in your compound cannot find anything but trees for making fire, what do they have to do for making sure that coming generations also will be able to cook their food? 75 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 34. Mention three contagious diseases in your home environment. A. B. c. 35. What causes the disease that you have mentioned under A above? 36. Tell briefly how you can protect yourself against the disease that you mentioned under A above. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. What causes the disease that you have mentioned under B above? 38. Tell briefly how you can protect yourself against the disease that you have mentioned under B above . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39. What causes the disease that you have mentioned under C above? 40. Tell briefly how you can protect yourself against the disease that you have mentioned under C above . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41. What causes malaria in a person’s body? 42. What can you do to avoid getting malaria? 43. Why is it important to build latrines? 44. How and where should the latrines of your home compound, for instance, be constructed? 45. When you have visited the latrine, what is important to do before you come into contact with other persons? 46. What are the most common accidents that cause children in your home environment to get wounded or hurt? 76 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 47. Mention two things that people in your home environment can do in order to avoid accidents of the type you have mentioned? 48. What causes thunder? 49. If there is sometimes thunder in your home environment, what can people do in order to avoid getting wounded by it? 50. When there are many cars passing on the road that you have to cross, what is important for you to do in order not to be involved in an accident? 51. You are on the road and one of your mates is wounded by a car so that blood is coming very rapidly from the hollow behind his or her knee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (i) Why is this dangerous for him or her? (ii) What can you yourself do to help him or her immediately? 52. You come to the road and find the following: A young girl has just been smashed by a car. She is unconscious and blood is coming from her mouth. What is necessary to do immediately if she is not to die? 53. Even if the rain is proper and the seeds are good, the harvest on the fields in your home environment can become bad. Tell one important reason for this ............. 54. What can people in your home environment do in order to prevent the reason you gave (immediately above) from happening? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55. If the harvest is so bad that you and your family do not have enough to eat from the house stores, are there any wild plants that you can eat? A. B. C. yes I don’t know no 77 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) document. WARNING! Spelling errors might subsist. In order to access to the original document in image form, click on "Original" button on 1st page. 56. If you have answered yes to the question above, mention two types of such plants: A. . . . . . . . . B. . . . . . . . . 57. Your father wants to buy a certain type of medicine next time he visits the district town to sell mandioca. The medicine costs 110 units of money. For each mandioca that your father sells, he will receive 5 units of money. How many mandiocas will he have to sell in the town market in order to get the 110 units of money? 78