On 3-4 November, ACTRC researchers met with teachers and education personnel in Lanao del Sur and Maguindanao to provide feedback on the testing of 4,265 Kinder and Grade 1 students. The researchers outlined the developmental framework that underpins the Centre’s approach to assessment, explaining how the LearnARMM tests of literacy and numeracy were constructed and how they relate to the
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Now at the end of August, the LearnARMM fieldwork team, and test administrators and monitors in Mindanao, have completed the huge task of administering one to one literacy and mathematics assessments to over 4000 young Kinder and Grade 1 students. Reaching our research targets has been testimony to the perseverance and commitment of all concerned, with special appreciation for the
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The LearnARMM team is presenting to stakeholders in Manila and in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), as well as to test specialists internationally in June and July. Esther Care, the project director, Hazelle Preclaro the leader of the Fieldwork Team, and Alvin Vista the leader of the Test Development Team, at the 9th Conference of the International Test
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The second fieldwork phase in the Longitudinal Study of Learning Achievement of Students in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (LearnARMM) has been completed across Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur and Tawi-Tawi. The LearnARMM team are now entering the data prior to analysis and finalisation of the test forms for Kinder and Grade 1 levels. These assessments will be used in the
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Since July 2013 the project team has been working on developing literacy and numeracy assessments in preparation for a pilot study involving 500 kindergarten and Grade 1 students across Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur and Tawi-Tawi in September and October 2013. The results of this pilot study will inform the development of the first major research data collection in July 2014
Read moreACTRC has commenced a three year study, funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade – Australian Aid, which is designed to track and analyse the learning achievement of students in Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) schools in rural and remote areas of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
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