Harmonized test scores in Western Africa in 2020 — 330 score. Since 2017, the indicator has fallen by 2.4%.
2017–2020 · score, 300–625
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Africa
| Year | score | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 330 | — | — |
| 2018 | 330 | −8 | −2.43% |
| 2017 | 338 | — | — |
School test results brought by the World Bank to a single scale: a score of 300 corresponds to minimal attainment, 625 to advanced attainment. The point of the harmonization is that countries take part in different international assessments — PISA, TIMSS, regional ones — and their results are not directly comparable. The indicator answers a question that enrollment does not ask: what children have learned during the years they spent in school.
Important: The estimates are released once every few years and rest on the latest assessment available for a country, so the years differ from country to country. The gap between enrollment and results is wide: enrollment can be universal while results stand at the level of three years of schooling.
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.
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