people and planet

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TABLE 2
Part 2 (Continued)
Existence of nationally representative learning assessment
In early grades (2 or 3) of
primary education
At the end of
primary education
LEARNING ASSESSMENTS AND OUTCOMES 4
Percentage of pupils in
early primary education grades (2 or 3) achieving
at least a minimum proficiency level (%) 6 in:
Percentage of pupils at
end of primary education achieving
at least a minimum proficiency level (%) 6 in:
Country or territory
Most recent survey year Most recent survey year Reading Mathematics Reading Mathematics
2009–2014 5 2009–2014 5 2009–2014 5 2009–2014 5 2009–2014 5 2009–2014 5
Total Total Total Total
U.R. Tanzania 8 Yes I, R, N Yes R 44 R 12 R 83 R 43 R
Zambia No Yes N ... ... ... ...
Zimbabwe Yes N No ... ... ... ...
World … … … … … …
Countries in transition … … … … … …
Developed countries … … … … … …
Developing countries … … … … … …
Caucasus and Central Asia … … … … … …
Eastern and South-eastern Asia … … … … … …
Eastern Asia … … … … … …
South-eastern Asia … … … … … …
Europe and Northern America … … … … … …
Latin America and the Caribbean … … … … … …
Caribbean … … … … … …
Latin America … … … … … …
Northern Africa and Western Asia … … … … … …
Northern Africa … … … … … …
Western Asia … … … … … …
Pacific … … … … … …
Southern Asia … … … … … …
Sub-Saharan Africa … … … … … …
Conflict-affected countries … … … … … …
Countries with low income … … … … … …
Countries with middle income … … … … … …
Lower middle … … … … … …
Upper middle … … … … … …
Countries with high income … … … … … …
Source: UIS database, except where noted. GER and GIR to last grade are based on the United Nations Population Division
estimates, revision 2015 (United Nations, 2015), median variant.
Note: The country groupings by level of income are as defined by the World Bank but include only countries listed in the
table. They are based on the list of countries by income group as revised in July 2015.
1. Over-age pupils are defined as those whose age is at least two years higher than the official age of entry in a given grade.
2. Data reflect the actual number of children not enrolled at all, derived from the age-specific or adjusted net enrolment
ratio of primary school age children, which measures the proportion of those who are enrolled in either primary or
secondary school.
3. GEM Report team calculations based on data from national and international household surveys.
4. Altinok (2013); Cheng and Omeova (2014); education ministry national reports and websites; EGMA/EGRA; PASEC;
PILNA; PIRLS 2011; SACMEQ; TERCE; TIMSS 2011; Uwezo. ‘Nationally representative learning assessment’ refers to
national (N), regional (R) and international (I) formative learning assessments. Information and data need to be used and
interpreted with caution since the different types of assessments are not necessarily comparable.
5. Data are for the most recent year available in the period specified. For details see relevant sources.
6. Refers to the percentage of pupils performing at or above level 1 of proficiency in reading and or mathematics.
7. GIR, GER or NER were not calculated due to inconsistencies in the United Nations population data or lack of United
Nations population by age.
8. In the absence of assessments conducted in the proposed indicator grade, surveys of student learning achievement in
the grade below or above the proposed indicator grade are used as placeholders to report on learning assessments and/or
learning outcomes in early grades and at the end of primary education.
9. National population data were used to calculate GIR, GER and NER due to inconsistencies in the United Nations
population data or lack of United Nations population by age.
Data in bold are for the school year ending in 2015.
(z) Data are for the school year ending in 2013.
(y) Data are for the school year ending in 2012.
(x) Data are for the school year ending in 2011.
(*) National estimate.
(**) For country level data: UIS partial estimate; for regional and other country grouping sums and weighted averages:
partial imputation due to incomplete country coverage (between 33% and 60% of population for the region or other
country grouping).
(-) Magnitude nil or negligible
(.) The category is not applicable or does not exist.
(…) No data are available.
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