The Evaluation Institute of the Supreme Education Council recently announced the results for Qatar Comprehensive Educational Assessment (QCEA) in which about thirty-six thousand independent schools students participated in last academic year.
The results show many positive indicators from year to year as the education reform progresses. The Evaluation Institute confirmed that the indicators of the results of tests for 2008-2009 show substantial progress in performance levels compared to previous years, where the performance of some students is at the highest levels. The number of students in the “below standards” level has reduced.
The results show that the performance in the Arabic language was better than the other three articles subjects - English language, mathematics and science - English language came in second place.
There is an improvement in mathematics and science in comparison with a high percentage of students in the third level of “Below standards” level as compared with last year where a high percentage students fell in the second and first levels of the Below standards level. This gives a clear indication of the possibility of further improvement in the coming years and an increase of students who will approach standards, especially in light of the efforts undertaken by the Evaluation Institute in collaboration with schools to stress the importance of national testing for students and motivate them to perform their best in dealing with it ... More