The results of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) written on May 03 and 04, 2023 were yesterday released to schools and there has been a significant improvement in the results for maths.
Fifteen thousand, two hundred and seventy-three candidates wrote this assessment.
The Ministry of Educa-tion has continued its collaboration with the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) to improve the quality of all national primary grade assessments. Teachers, subject specialists, and test development officers developed the test items with the technical guidance of the CXC, addressing key areas such as item construction, weighting of items, sampling and other psychometric elements. Candidates were tested in four subjects namely, Mathematics, English, Science and Social Studies. The examination in each subject area consisted of two papers. Paper One consisted of 40 multiple choice items while Paper Two consisted of essay type or open ended items.