SACMEQ III Project results: pupil achievement levels in reading and mathematics

This document is divided into two main parts. The first part presents: (a) a brief description of the sampling procedures employed in SACMEQ Projects, (b) the generation of SACMEQ pupil test scores, (c) description of the reading and mathematics competency levels, and (d) descriptions of the measures of school location and socioeconomic status (SES) of pupils. The second part of this document presents tabulations of Grade 6 pupil achievement levels for reading and mathematics. The achievement levels have been presented in separate tables as follows: (a) reading achievement levels by country and regions within countries, (b) reading achievement levels by subgroups (sex, school location and SES), (c) mathematics achievement levels by country and regions within countries, and (d) mathematics achievement levels by subgroups (sex, school location and SES).