Mean words per minute read by Grade 5 students in Ghana's national English literacy assessments. Data is reported by the Local Education Group using country-specific methods and definitions. The dataset originates from the Global Partnership for Education.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in mean words per minute to evaluate national literacy program impacts.
- Benchmark regional or school-level performance against the national mean score.
- Correlate literacy scores with other socio-economic indicators for policy modeling.
Strengths
- Focuses on a standardized national assessment for Grade 5.
- Provides a specific literacy metric (words per minute) for English.
Limitations
- Sample size and temporal coverage are unknown.
- Country-specific methodology may limit cross-national comparability.
Provenance
- Source
- Global Partnership for Education, via World Bank.
- Collection Method
- National assessment data reported by the Local Education Group (LEG).
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Ghana