School Leaving Exam Administration Indicators by Grade

World Bank data from the Global Partnership for Education indicates whether school leaving exams are administered at primary and lower secondary levels, specifying the relevant grade. The dataset provides binary indicators for exam administration across different education levels. It is part of the World Bank's collection of education system indicators.

Use Cases

• Analyze the prevalence of primary-level school leaving exams across countries using the binary indicator for primary education.
• Compare the grade at which lower secondary leaving exams are administered between different education systems.
• Study the relationship between exam administration policies and other education outcomes by joining on country and year identifiers.
• Map the global distribution of formal assessment gateways at the end of compulsory education cycles using the level and grade data.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative World Bank and Global Partnership for Education.
• Provides specific binary indicators for exam administration at distinct education levels.

Limitations

• The sample size and number of countries covered are unknown.
• Specific column names, data types, and the exact time range of coverage are not provided.
• The binary coding scheme's notes and exceptions are referenced but not detailed in the available metadata.

Provenance

Source

World Bank, Global Partnership for Education

Geography

Global coverage of countries, specific countries unknown