Burkina Faso's mean student scores for French language from the PASEC international education assessment program. The data is produced by the Programme on the Analysis of Education Systems (PASEC), created in 1991 by the Conference of Ministers of Education of Francophone countries (CONFEMEN). The Global Partnership for Education provides this dataset via the World Bank platform.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in mean French language scores over time for Burkina Faso's CM1 (Grade 4) students.
- Benchmark Burkina Faso's French performance against other PASEC-participating Francophone countries using the reported mean score metric.
- Correlate national education policies with changes in the reported PASEC mean score for French.
- Model factors influencing primary education outcomes using the standardized PASEC assessment score as a target variable.
Strengths
- Data originates from a standardized international assessment program (PASEC) established in 1991.
- Provides a specific metric (mean score) for a defined subject (French) and grade level (CM1).
Limitations
- Dataset scope is limited to a single country (Burkina Faso) and a single subject (French).
- Unknown sample size, granularity (school/student-level), and temporal coverage for the provided scores.
- Lacks accompanying demographic or contextual variables that could explain performance variations.
Provenance
- Source
- Programme on the Analysis of Education Systems (PASEC), administered by the Conference of Ministers of Education of Francophone countries (CONFEMEN).
- Collection Method
- Standardized international assessment of educational attainments in primary school, as reported by the Local Education Group (LEG) of the evaluated country.
- Time Range
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- Freshness
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- Geography
- Burkina Faso.