Savage inequalities in our backyard

SOURCE: Sunday Tribune
OUTPUT TYPE: Newspaper article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
TITLE AUTHOR(S): K.Masehela
KEYWORDS: EVALUATION, EVALUATION, GRADE 3, KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINCE, RURAL SCHOOLS
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 3346
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/7410
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/7410

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Abstract

This article is about a week's testing of grade 3 pupils at 17 schools in Kwa-Zulu Natal's Nkandla district. This formed part of the Assessment Modelling Initiative project, funded by the Research Triangle Institute in the United States. The tests aimed to evaluate pupil's performances at the end of the foundation phase (grade 3) and to provide support to teachers and educators.