Malawi Primary School Mathematics Mean Scores from SACMEQ Assessments

Mean mathematics scores for standards 3, 5, and 7 in Malawi, collected by the Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality. The Global Partnership for Education provides this data from SACMEQ projects conducted between 1995 and 2011. Assessments evolved from testing only English to include Mathematics and HIV/AIDS knowledge.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in mean_math_score over time across standards 3, 5, and 7.
• Compare mathematics performance between different SACMEQ project phases (I, II, III).
• Correlate assessment scores with policy periods or interventions using the project_year field.

Strengths

• Data from three major standardized assessment projects (SACMEQ I, II, III) over a 16-year period.
• Provides a standardized metric (mean score) for comparing performance across three primary school grades.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column details, and sample sizes are unknown.
• Data is temporally stale, with the latest project (SACMEQ III) concluding in 2011.
• Limited to three specific school standards, not a continuous grade progression.

Provenance

Source

Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ), reported by the Local Education Group of Malawi.

Collection Method

Standardized educational assessment tests administered to learners.

Time Range

1995 to 2011 (SACMEQ I, II, and III projects).

Geography

Malawi.