Boosting sampling skills in preparation for the fifth cycle of the Pacific’s Literacy and Numeracy Assessment
In preparation for the 2025 Pacific Islands Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (PILNA), sampling officers from around the region convened for the Sub-regional PILNA sampling workshop to build capacity on sampling designs and processes.
Regional education assessment helps Pacific students achieve their full potential
Almost 10 years ago, the Pacific Community (SPC) launched an assessment of the region's literacy and numeracy performance in primary schools. Thanks to a flexible approach based on the Pacific tradition of constant adaptation and dialogue, this…
Special Meeting of the PILNA Steering Committee
A special meeting of the PILNA Steering Committee will be convened to discuss critical issues relating to the PILNA 2021 main study that is scheduled for October.
Pacific Education: caregiver engagement with students
The PILNA 2018 study found the degree of caregiver engagement or support to be low, with only about 4 in every 10 students having a family member or ‘caregiver’ actively supporting their efforts to learn to read at home. This study underlined the need…
Pacific Education: gap in critical thinking
Year 4 and Year 6 students in the PILNA 2018 research were assessed for their grasp of basic literacy and numeracy skills. For questions or items that required critical thinking, more than half of the students were unable to provide the expected response…
Key design changes in PILNA research to yield more helpful data for Pacific education
Photo Caption: Fiji’s representative Josaia Sila during the PILNA Steering Committee meeting last week.
The Pacific Islands Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (PILNA) in October will be more extensive and is expected to yield more telling…
Pacific Education: Teachers' qualifications in the region
While a large portion of Year 4 and Year 6 students (83%) in the Pacific region had teachers who had completed teacher training programmes, about 1 in 4 students had a teacher whose qualification was either at the certificate level, or lower.
Coding of PILNA trial scripts
Coding for the Pacific Islands Literacy and Numeracy Assessment trial will begin this week, with data entry operators also to resume work. Just like the data entry operators, coders will be trained to undertake the specialised coding of the PILNA…
Data entry of PILNA trial scripts
The second phase of the Pacific Islands Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (PILNA) trial begins this week. This phase involves the PILNA Data entry operators who will sort and record the responses of students and teachers in the trial. The trial for the…
Field Trials for PILNA 2021
FIELD trials for the Pacific's largest regional education assessment, the Pacific Islands Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (PILNA), begins in the Fiji Islands and Tonga, September 15. The two-day research trial is in preparation for the fourth…