Summary
Abstract
The National Assessment of Student Achievement (NASA) was administered in 2012 by the Education Review Office to grade 3 and grade 5 (ISCED 1) students in public and private schools. The next administration is planned in 2015.
The NASA is a low-stake assessment. It is a written assessment, administered face-to-face and delivered through paper-pencil tests. Test-takers are presented with one of three cognitive booklets, which are aligned with the national curriculum.
The National Assessment of Student Achievement, administered to grade 3 and grade 5 students, serves the following purposes:
- designing individualised instructional plans
- supporting teachers (training, relevant materials, etc.)
- school or educator accountability
- promoting competition among schools
- sub-national level monitoring of learning outcomes
- monitoring education quality levels
- planning education policy reforms
Kind of Data
Random sample
Units of Analysis
Results are available at the school, sub-national and national level. Data are disagregated by sex, geographic location (urban and rural), major cities, types of schools and ethnicity.
Results are published in reports, which are available in print and online. Results are published in the media.
The National Assessment of Student Achievement, administered in grade 3 and grade 5, assesses students in Mathematics and Nepali language.
Description of test items: Test items consist of multiple choice questions with three or more response options and open-ended questions requiring short constructed responses.
Description of stimuli: Test stimuli consist of mixed texts.
Reporting metrics: Student performance is reported by average score for each subject. For each subject, scores are also reported by content domain.
Students enrolled in grade 3 and grade 5 (ISCED 1) in public and private schools.
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