P4 National Standardized Test Results & Analysis Brief

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The cabinet brief discusses the results and analysis of the 2021 P4 National Standardized Test (NST), covering the national and regional mean scores, performance standards, and the assessment of curriculum standards in literacy, numeracy, and other key areas. The test aimed to evaluate curriculum standards and learners' proficiency in Mathematics and English, with insights on performance levels for each pupil. Overall, the test saw significant participation from both male and female pupils across various primary schools.

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CABINET BRIEF ON THE RESULTS AND ANALYSIS OF THE 2021 P4 NATIONAL STANDARDIZED TEST (NST) DATE: JULY 22, 2022

Outline 1 INTRODUCTION 2 GENERAL OVERVIEW 3 NATIONAL MEAN SCORES GENERAL RESULTS NATIONAL MEAN SCORES PERFORMANCE STANDARDS 4 REGIONAL MEAN SCORES PERFORMANCE STANDARDS 5

INTRODUCTION The National Standardized Test (NST) is for the assessment of curriculum standards including the 4Rs, knowledge, skills, values and attitudes that are central to the new Pre-Tertiary education curriculum

INTRODUCTION The NST also reflects increasing globalization and interest in global mandates. It represents an overall shift in emphasis in assessing the quality of education inputs to learning outcomes, and responsive to some global mandates: SDG4.1.1 and 4.1.2; the Global Proficiency Framework (GPF) which calls for the administration of a nationally learning assessment (i) during primary; (ii) at the end of primary; and (iii) at the end of lower secondary

INTRODUCTION The P2 assessment looks at how learners are acquiring the foundational skills in literacy and numeracy For P4 Assessment, the learners were assessed on their performance and proficiency on the curriculum content standards in Mathematics and English Language; i.e. curriculum-based competency assessment programme that reflects the entire curriculum.

All two tests (i.e., Mathematics and English) had thirty-five questions to determine the performance level for each pupil accordingly.

INTRODUCTION 14,883 primary schools participated in the P4 National Standardized Test (NST) exercise. A total of 431,206 candidates registered for both the English Language and the Mathematics test. This was made up of 220,290 male and 210,916 female pupils. A total of 398,698 pupils presented themselves in the English test (i.e. 32,508 were absent on the day the test was taken) A total of 399,486 pupils presented themselves in the Mathematics test (i.e. 31,720 were absent on the day the test was taken)

GENERAL OVERVIEW Four performance cut-points were developed according to the National Pre-tertiary Learning Assessment Framework (NPLAF), 2020 (a tool for alignment between pedagogy and assessment); and these were used to describe the assessment and achievement of pupils on the NST.

GENERAL OVERVIEW The NPLAF, 2020 outlines FOUR descriptors: Developing : for score of 49% and below Approaching Proficiency: Score range of 50% - 65% Proficient : Score range of 66% - 79% Highly Proficient : Score of 80% and above

For Communication purposes, these descriptors have been re-named as follows : 1. Below Basic (BB) Score of 49% and below 2. Basic (B) Score range of 50% - 65% 3. Proficient (P) Score range of 66% - 79% 4. Advanced (A) Score of 80% and above (high level of proficiency)

OVERALL RESULTS (MEAN SCORES) SUM OF ALL THE PERCENTAGE SCORES DIVIDED BY THE TOTAL NUMBER OF LEANERS WHO TOOK PART IN THE TEST

NATIONAL MEAN SCORE (%) MEAN SCORE (%) GRADE MATHS ENGLISH 46 54 According to the Education Strategic Plan 2018-2030, the targeted proficiency for pupils in P4 in Mathematics and English is supposed to be 38 and 53 respectively, by the 2025/26 Academic Year

REGIONAL MEAN SCORE (%) ENGLISH REGIONAL MEAN SCORE (%) 80 70 67 65 65 65 64 63 61 60 60 58 56 National Mean Score 50 50 50 41 40 34 33 30 30 20 10 0 MEAN SCORE (%)

REGIONAL MEAN SCORE (%) MATHEMATICS REGIONAL MEAN SCORE (%) 70 60 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 50 50 50 National Mean Score 44 44 40 40 39 38 30 29 MEAN SCORE (%) 27 20 10 0

NATIONAL PERFORMANCE

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS (ENGLISH) In general, the performance of the pupils in English was fairly better than in Mathematics That is, 50% of the pupils were Below Basic level in English, while the other 50% were made up of the Basic, Proficient and Advanced

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS (ENGLISH) P4 ENGLISH 21% Advanced Proficient Basic 50% Below Basic 14% 15%

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS (MATHEMATICS) The findings also indicated that primary school pupils were seriously challenged in Mathematics. 62% of the pupils were Below Basic level while the other 38% were made up of the Basic, Proficient and Advanced.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS (MATHEMATICS) P4 MATHS 11% Advanced 13% Proficient Basic Below Basic 62% 14%

BEST PERFORMING REGIONS (ENGLISH)

REGIONAL MEAN PERFORMANCE (ENGLISH) MEAN SCORE (%) REGION AND SUBJECT P4 ENGLISH AHAFO 67 BONO 66 NORTH EAST 65 NORTHERN 65 ASHANTI 64 OTI 63 CENTRAL 61 SAVANNAH 61 BONO EAST 58 GREATER ACCRA 56 UPPER EAST 51 UPPER WEST 50 EASTERN 41 VOLTA 34 WESTERN 33 WESTERN NORTH 28

REGIONAL PERFORMANCE (ENGLISH)

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS (PROFICIENCY) ADVANCED (%) PROFICIENT (%) P4 ENGLISH BASIC (%) BELOW BASIC (%) ADV + P REGIONS AND PERFOMING STANDARDS AHAFO 39 21 60 14 26 ASHANTI 32 20 52 18 30 BONO EAST 23 21 44 17 39 BONO 35 23 58 17 25 CENTRAL 41 27 68 27 5 EASTERN 8 9 17 8 75 GREATER ACCRA 13 24 47 24 39 NORTH EAST 40 19 59 12 29 NORTHERN 12 17 29 20 51 OTI 31 21 52 17 31 SAVANNAH 33 20 53 12 35 UPPER EAST UPPER WEST 12 15 16 14 28 29 19 14 53 57 VOLTA 2 5 7 5 88 WESTERN 7 4 11 2 87 WESTERN NORTH 3 2 5 1 94

PERFORMANCE (ENGLISH) (CENTRAL) CENTRAL 5% 27% 41% 27% Advanced Proficient Basic Below Basic

PERFORMANCE (ENGLISH) (NORTH EAST) NORTH EAST 29% 40% 12% 19% Advanced Proficient Basic Below Basic

PERFORMANCE (ENGLISH) AHAFO AHAFO 26% 39% 14% 21% Advanced Proficient Basic Below Basic

LOW PERFORMING REGIONS - ENGLISH

WESTERN NORTH 3%2%1% 94% Advanced Proficient Basic Below Basic

VOLTA VOLTA 2% 5% 5% 88% Advanced Proficient Basic Below Basic

WESTERN WESTERN 7% 4% 2% 87% Advanced Proficient Basic Below Basic

EASTERN EASTERN 8% 9% 8% 75% Advanced Proficient Basic Below Basic

2021 NST OVERALL RESULTS REGIONAL RESULTS (MATHEMATICS)

REGIONAL RESULTS - (MATHEMATICS) REGION AND SUBJECT MEAN SCORE (%) P4 MATHEMATICS AHAFO 58 UPPER EAST 57 BONO EAST 56 NORTHERN 56 SAVANNAH 55 BONO 53 GREATER ACCRA 52 ASHANTI 50 NORTH EAST 50 CENTRAL 44 EASTERN 43 WESTERN NORTH 40 UPPER WEST 39 OTI 38 WESTERN 29 VOLTA 27

REGIONAL PERFORMANCE (MATHEMATICS)

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS (PROFICIENCY) REGIONS AND PERFOMING STANDARDS ADVANCED (%) P4 MATHEMATICS 23 17 13 21 15 5 5 23 19 13 20 4 8 0 2 9 PROFICIENT (%) BASIC (%) BELOW BASIC (%) ADV + P AHAFO ASHANTI BONO EAST BONO CENTRAL EASTERN GREATER ACCRA NORTH EAST NORTHERN 21 17 16 18 13 8 10 20 23 20 26 8 13 1 3 10 44 34 29 39 28 13 15 43 42 33 46 12 21 1 5 19 17 17 17 17 16 10 19 14 19 19 15 12 14 3 2 9 39 49 54 44 56 77 66 43 39 48 39 76 65 96 93 72 OTI SAVANNAH UPPER EAST UPPER WEST VOLTA WESTERN WESTERN NORTH