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Appendix L - Reading aloud: assessment results for all schools

Key to abbreviations:

B: boy
G: girl
Pass 1: Passage 1;
Ques 1: Question 1
T: test terminated at this point
na: question not asked
P: passage passed over, as it was judged well within pupil's capacity

Assessment of Overall Reading of Passages: key to numbers:

2= comprehensible; has read aloud adequately
1= incomprehensible in places; could not read aloud everything
0= experienced severe problems

Assessment of Answers to Comprehension Questions: key to numbers:

2= clear evidence of comprehension
1= partial evidence of comprehension
0= no evidence of comprehension

It should be recalled that the marking of this test is impressionistic, rather than strictly objective.

Note on "na": questions were not asked if the reader had already provided the response in answer to a previous question, or if the question was judged to be well within the pupil's capacity. In the latter case it was a practical time-saving strategy.

School C (rural)

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 6

B

G

B

G

B

G

Pass 1

1

1

1

2

2

2

Ques 1

2

2

0

1

2

2

Ques 2

0

2

0

1

2

2

Pass 2

2

1

1

2

2

2

Ques 1

2

2

2

2

2

2

Ques 2

2

0

0

1

2

2

Ques 3

2

2

2

2

2

2

T

Pass 3

2

1

2

2

2

Ques 1

2

2

0

2

2

Ques 2

0

0

0

2

0

Ques 3

1

0

T

1

2

T

T

Pass 4

2

2

Ques 1

2

1

Ques 2

2

2

Ques 3

2

2

Ques 4

2

0

Pass 5

2

1

Ques 1

na

na

Ques 2

na

na

Ques 3

2

0

Ques 4

na

na

Ques 5

2

2

Ques 6

2

na

School D (rural)

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 6

4B

3B

G

G

5B

1B

8G

5G

8B

3B

3G

12G

Pass 1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Ques 1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Ques 2

0

0

0

2

2

2

0

0

2

2

2

2

T

T

T

Pass 2

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Ques 1

2

2

2

2

1

2

2

2

2

Ques 2

2

1

2

2

1

1

2

2

2

Ques 3

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

T

Pass 3

1

2

2

1

2

2

2

2

Ques 1

2

2

2

0

2

2

2

2

Ques 2

2

0

2

2

2

2

2

2

Ques 3

1

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

T

T

T

T

Pass 4

2

2

2

2

Ques 1

2

2

2

2

Ques 2

2

2

2

2

Ques 3

2

2

2

2

Ques 4

0

1

2

2

Pass 5

2

2

2

2

Ques 1

na

na

2

2

Ques 2

na

na

na

na

Ques 3

2

2

0

2

Ques 4

na

na

na

2

Ques 5

2

0

0

2

Ques 6

2

0

T

2

School I (rural)

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 6

B

G

B

G

B

G

Pass 1

Pupils not available

1

1

2

2

Ques 1

2

2

2

2

Ques 2

2

0

2

2

Pass 2

1

0

2

2

Ques 1

2

2

2

2

Ques 2

1

0

2

2

Ques 3

2

2

2

2

Pass 3

2

0

2

2

Ques 1

2

T

2

2

Ques 2

1

2

1

Ques 3

0

2

1

Pass 4

1

2

2

Ques 1

1

2

2

Ques 2

2

2

2

Ques 3

1

2

2

Ques 4

0

2

2

T

Pass 5

2

2

Ques 1

2

2

Ques 2

na

na

Ques 3

2

2

Ques 4

na

na

Ques 5

0

2

Ques 6

2

2

School K (rural)

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 6

B

G

B

G

B

G

Pass 1

(Pupils not available)

2

2

Ques 1

2

2

Ques 2

2

2

Pass 2

2

2

Ques 1

2

2

Ques 2

2

2

Ques 3

2

2

Pass 3

2

2

Ques 1

2

2

Ques 2

0

2

Ques 3

0

2

Pass 4

2

2

Ques 1

2

1

Ques 2

2

2

Ques 3

2

2

Ques 4

2

2

Pass 5

2

1

Ques 1

na

na

Ques 2

na

na

Ques 3

2

0

Ques 4

na

na

Ques 5

2

0

Ques 6

2

2

School J (urban)

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 6

B

B

G

G

B

B

G

G

B

B

G

G

Pass 1

2

2

P

2

2

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Ques 1

2

na

"

2

na

"

"

"

"

"

"

"

Ques 2

2

2

2

2

"

"

"

"

"

"

"

Pass 2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Ques 1

2

2

2

2

na

2

na

na

na

na

na

na

Ques 2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Ques 3

2

na

na

2

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

Pass 3

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Ques 1

2

2

2

2

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

Ques 2

2

2

2

2

2

2

na

2

2

na

2

2

Ques 3

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Pass 4

2

2

2

1

2

2

P

2

2

2

2

2

Ques 1

2

2

2

2

2

2

"

2

2

2

2

2

Ques 2

2

2

2

2

2

P

"

na

2

2

na

na

Ques 3

2

2

2

2

2

2

"

2

2

2

2

2

Ques 4

2

2

2

0

2

2

"

2

2

2

2

2

T

Pass 5

2

2

2

1

1

2

2

2

2

1

2

Ques 1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Ques 2

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

Ques 3

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

0

2

2

Ques 4

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

Ques 5

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

2

Ques 6

2

2

2

2

2

2

0

2

2

2

2

School T (urban)

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 6

B

B

G

G

B

B

G

G

B

B

G

G

Pass 1

(pupils not available)

2

1

1

1

2

P

2

2

Ques 1

2

2

2

2

2

"

2

2

Ques 2

2

2

2

2

2

"

na

2

Pass 2

2

0

0

2

2

2

2

2

Ques 1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Ques 2

2

2

0

2

2

2

2

2

Ques 3

2

0

T

2

2

2

2

2

Pass 3

2

0

1

2

2

2

2

T

Ques 1

2

0

2

2

2

2

Ques 2

2

1

2

2

2

2

Ques 3

0

1

2

2

2

2

Pass 4

2

1

2

2

2

1

Ques 1

2

2

2

2

2

2

Ques 2

2

2

2

2

2

0

Ques 3

2

0

2

2

2

2

Ques 4

1

0

2

2

1

2

T

Pass 5

2

2

2

1

1

Ques 1

0

2

2

2

2

Ques 2

na

na

na

na

na

Ques 3

1

2

2

2

2

Ques 4

na

na

na

na

na

Ques 5

2

2

2

2

2

Ques 6

0

2

2

2

2

		Grade 3		Grade 4		Grade 6
		B	G	B	G	B	G
Pass 1		1	1	1	2	2	2
	Ques 1	2	2	0	1	2	2
	Ques 2	0	2	0	1	2	2
Pass 2		2	1	1	2	2	2
	Ques 1	2	2	2	2	2	2
	Ques 2	2	0	0	1	2	2
	Ques 3	2	2	2	2	2	2
				T
Pass 3		2	1		2	2	2
	Ques 1	2	2		0	2	2
	Ques 2	0	0		0	2	0
	Ques 3	1	0		T	1	2
		T	T
Pass 4						2	2
	Ques 1					2	1
	Ques 2					2	2
	Ques 3					2	2
	Ques 4					2	0
Pass 5						2	1
	Ques 1					na	na
	Ques 2					na	na
	Ques 3					2	0
	Ques 4					na	na
	Ques 5					2	2
	Ques 6					2	na